524 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC
Decades:	540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC
Years:	527 BC 526 BC 525 BC 524 BC 523 BC 522 BC 521 BC

The year 524 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 230 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 524 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

Southern Italy

• Battle of Cumae - An army of Umbrians, Daunians, Etruscans, and others is defeated by the Greeks of Cumae, present-day Italy.

Births

• Themistocles, archon of Athens (approximate date) (d. 459 BC)