518 BCE Construction begins on the Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Persia. Darius I begins constructing Persepolis, a new capital for the Persian Empire (approximate date).
In the 510s BC , the 6th century BC .
Construction begins on the Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Persia.source Darius I begins constructing Persepolis, a new capital for the Persian Empire (approximate date).source Births Pindar, Greek lyric poet (approximate date) (died 438 BC)source Xerxes I of Persia (or 519 BC)source Nearby 521 BCE–512 BCE 4 of 4 sourced entries shown. Every line above is quoted from the revision linked beside it, which is 518 BC on English Wikipedia, revision 1342658453, retrieved 2026-09-06. Nothing on this page is written by us and nothing is generated: the sentences are the source’s own, so a claim you doubt can be checked against the exact revision it came from. Text is reused under CC BY-SA 4.0 .