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486 BC| c. 600 BC–c. 480 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek Archaic period of sculpture is evident, a typical form being the kouros, a rigid freestanding nude. | | c. 500 BC–c. 400 BC | Rome [wars] | Rome and its Latin allies are almost constantly at war with both the Etruscans in the north and the native mountain tribes to the south, in particular the Aequi and the Volscians. | | c. 500 BC–c. 400 BC | Europe [everyday life] | The Celts begin to make an impression on European history. They are divided into a number of different tribes, sharing a distinctive decorative style of art, characterized by curving designs and mythical animals. These can be seen on their jewellery (gold and bronze torques), their weapons (decorated shields and sword scabbards), and their pottery and other vessels. The Celts probably originate in northwest and central Europe, France (particularly the area of Champagne), Switzerland, Lower Austria, and western Slovakia. The area of the western Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is also associated with the Celts. | | 498 BC–446 BC | Greece [poetry] | Greek lyric poet Pindar composes odes in honour of athletes, most of them charioteers, at the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games in Greece. | | 486 BC | Egypt, Persian Empire [revolution] | Encouraged by the news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC, the Egyptians revolt against Persian rule after the death of Darius I. | | 486 BC | Persian Empire, Egypt [administration] | Xerxes I accedes to the Persian throne following the death of his father, King Darius I the Great of Persia. He is to be a harsher king than his father. His first act is to quell the Egyptian revolt against Persian rule. He never visits Egypt and uses Persian rather than Egyptian administrators. | | 486 BC | Persia, Persian Empire [births and deaths] | Darius I the Great, Achaemenid king of Persia 522–486 BC, who made several attempts to conquer Greece, dies. | | c. 486 BC | Rome [treaties] | The Romans make a treaty with the tribe of the Hernici, who live in the Trerus valley southeast of Rome, between the powerful tribes of the Volsci on the coast and the Aequi in the mountains between the Trerus and Anio rivers. This treaty prevents the Hernici being crushed between its two powerful neighbours and gives Rome a buffer state between its enemies. The triple alliance of Rome, the Latins, and the Hernici fights intermittent wars with the Aequi and Volsci for the next century. |
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