498 BC

Also known as 498 BCE

year

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Part of: 490s BC
Followed by: 497 BC
Follows: 499 BC

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topic's main category: Category:498 BC
point in time: 0498-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:498 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:498 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 498 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Siculus and Flavus (or, less frequently, year 256 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 498 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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