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508 BC| c. 900 BC–c. 500 BC | Central America [everyday life] | La Venta becomes the major centre of the second phase of Olmec civilization in Mexico. The site of San Lorenzo is abandoned, possibly in a violent overthrow of the local elite, or possibly for religious reasons. La Venta is a ceremonial or elite centre, supported by a large agricultural population. It has a large main pyramid in addition to smaller ones. | | 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. 508 BC | Greece [births and deaths] | Cleithenes of Athens, statesman and magistrate of Athens (525–524 BC), who founded Athenian democracy, dies (c. 62). | | 508 BC | Rome [political events] | The exiled king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, fights the indecisive Battle of Silva Arsia against the Romans, with the help of the Etruscan people of Veii, and fails to win back his throne He allies himself with the Etruscan Lars Porsena, King of Clusium. |
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