495 BC

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

• 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.

• Pericles, Athenian politician (d. 429 BC)