495 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
Decades:	520s BC 510s BC 500s BC – 490s BC – 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC
Years:	498 BC 497 BC 496 BC – 495 BC – 494 BC 493 BC 492 BC

Year 495 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

A temple is built on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills, in Rome, in honour of the god Mercury.

King Fuchai of Wu ascends to the throne after his father, King Helü of Wu, reigning as the last king of Wu until 473 BC.