497 BC

Year 497 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atratinus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 257 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 497 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Decades:	510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC
Years:	500 BC 499 BC 498 BC 497 BC 496 BC 495 BC 494 BC

497 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	497 BC CDXCVII BC
Ab urbe condita	257
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 29
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 25
Ancient Greek era	70th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4254
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1089
Berber calendar	454
Buddhist calendar	48
Burmese calendar	−1134
Byzantine calendar	5012–5013
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2201 or 1994     — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2202 or 1995
Coptic calendar	−780 – −779
Discordian calendar	670
Ethiopian calendar	−504 – −503
Hebrew calendar	3264–3265
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−440 – −439
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2604–2605
Holocene calendar	9504
Iranian calendar	1118 BP – 1117 BP
Islamic calendar	1152 BH – 1151 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1837
Minguo calendar	2408 before ROC 民前2408年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1964
Thai solar calendar	46–47
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) −370 or −751 or −1523     — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) −369 or −750 or −1522

Events

By place

Greece

• Artybius ends the rebellion in Cyprus.
• The Persians launch an expedition on the Hellespont and later Caria.

Rome

• December 17 – Consecration of the newly constructed Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum, and Saturnalia festival first celebrated.

Deaths

• Onesilus, King of Salamis