522 BC

Calendar year

Calendar year

The year 522 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 232 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 522 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.

Events

By place

Persian Empire

• Bardiya succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.^[1]
• Babylon rebels against Persian rule.^[2]
• Darius I succeeds Bardiya as ruler of Persia. He is the son of a government official.^[1]

Births

• Pindar, Greek poet^[3]
• Ran Qiu, leading disciple of Confucius^[4]
• Ran Yong, leading disciple of Confucius^[4]
• Shang Qu, disciple of Confucius^[5]
• Zai Yu, leading disciple of Confucius^[6]

Deaths

• July – Cambyses II, ruler of ancient Persia
• September – Bardiya, ruler of ancient Persia
• Polycrates, tyrant of Samos
• Zichan, statesman of the State of Zheng

References

1. Briant, Pierre (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns. p. 98.
2. Dandamaev, Muhammad A. (1989). A Political History of the Achaemenid Empire. BRILL. p. 116. ISBN 978-9004091726.
3. Gerber, Douglas E. (1997). A Companion to the Greek lyric poets. Brill. p. 253. ISBN 90-04-09944-1.
4. Confucius (1997). The Analects of Confucius. Oxford University Press. pp. 202–3. ISBN 978-0-19-506157-4.
5. Han, Zhaoqi (2010). "Biographies of the Disciples of Confucius". Shiji 史记 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 4621–3. ISBN 978-7-101-07272-3.
6. Taylor, Rodney Leon; Choy, Howard Yuen Fung (2005). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism: A–M. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 621. ISBN 978-0-8239-4080-6.