506 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC
Years:	509 BC 508 BC 507 BC 506 BC 505 BC 504 BC 503 BC

506 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	506 BC DVI BC
Ab urbe condita	248
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 20
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 16
Ancient Greek era	68th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4245
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1098
Berber calendar	445
Buddhist calendar	39
Burmese calendar	−1143
Byzantine calendar	5003–5004
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2192 or 1985     — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2193 or 1986
Coptic calendar	−789 – −788
Discordian calendar	661
Ethiopian calendar	−513 – −512
Hebrew calendar	3255–3256
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−449 – −448
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2595–2596
Holocene calendar	9495
Iranian calendar	1127 BP – 1126 BP
Islamic calendar	1162 BH – 1161 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1828
Minguo calendar	2417 before ROC 民前2417年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1973
Thai solar calendar	37–38
Tibetan calendar	阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) −379 or −760 or −1532     — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) −378 or −759 or −1531

The year 506 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Aquilinus (or, less frequently, year 248 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 506 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

China

• Battle of Boju (Chinese: 柏舉之戰)—During the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China, forces of the state of Wu under Sun Tzu decisively defeat forces of the state of Chu, destroying the Chu capital of Ying and forcing King Zhao to flee.

Births

• Yan Yan, a disciple of Confucius

Deaths

• Shen Yin Shu, general of the State of Chu