488 BC

Year 488 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Furius (or, less frequently, year 266 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 488 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:	500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC
Years:	491 BC 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC

Events

By place

Sicily

• Theron becomes tyrant of Acragas in Sicily.

Rome

• Gaius Marcius Coriolanus and Attius Tullus Aufidius, leading an army of the Volsci, besiege Rome. Coriolanus' mother and wife convince him to break off the siege. In recognition of the service of these women, a temple is erected in Rome dedicated to Fortuna. Subsequently, the Volsci and their allies the Aequi have a falling out, and their armies fight as a result, significantly diminishing the strength of each of them.

Greece

• Astylos of Croton wins the stadion race at the 73rd Olympic Games.

488 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	488 BC CDLXXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	266
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 38
- Pharaoh	Darius I of Persia, 34
Ancient Greek era	73rd Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4263
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1080
Berber calendar	463
Buddhist calendar	57
Burmese calendar	−1125
Byzantine calendar	5021–5022
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2210 or 2003     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2211 or 2004
Coptic calendar	−771 – −770
Discordian calendar	679
Ethiopian calendar	−495 – −494
Hebrew calendar	3273–3274
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−431 – −430
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2613–2614
Holocene calendar	9513
Iranian calendar	1109 BP – 1108 BP
Islamic calendar	1143 BH – 1142 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1846
Minguo calendar	2399 before ROC 民前2399年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1955
Thai solar calendar	55–56
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −361 or −742 or −1514     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −360 or −741 or −1513

Sources

• Bury, J. B.; Meiggs, Russell (1975) [first published 1900]. A History of Greece (Fourth ed.). London: MacMillan Press. ISBN 0-333-15492-4.