487 BC

Also known as 487 BCE

year

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Part of: 480s BC
Followed by: 486 BC
Follows: 488 BC

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topic's main category: Category:487 BC
point in time: 0487-01-01
Commons category: 487 BC
category for births in this time period: Category:487 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:487 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

487 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sicinius and Aquillius (or, less frequently, year 267 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 487 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.

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