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The year '''524 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|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 (474 BC)|Battle of Cumae]] - An army of [[Umbria]]ns, [[Daunia]]ns, [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]], and others is defeated by the Greeks of [[Cumae]], present-day [[Italy]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://periklisdeligiannis.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/the-battle-of-cumae-italy-524-bc/|title=THE BATTLE OF CUMAE, ITALY (524 BC)|date=4 June 2014|publisher=}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Themistocles]], archon of Athens (approximate date) (d. [[459 BC]])

== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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