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The year '''502 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]] it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Tricostus and Viscellinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 252 '' [[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 502 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Mediterranean ====
* The island of [[Naxos]] rebels against the [[Persian Empire]].
* [[Republican Rome|Rome]] suppresses the [[Roman-Latin_wars#The_Pometian_revolt|Pometian revolt]].
* [[December 4]]—A [[solar eclipse]] darkens [[Egypt]] (computed, no clear historical record of observation).
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==Deaths==
* [[Milo of Croton]], ancient Greek wrestler

==References==
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