487 BC c.

The year 487 B.C. C. was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulate of Sicinius and Aquilius (or less frequently, year 267 Ab urbe condita)

Events

• Rome declares war on the Hernics.
• Roman victory of the consul Cayo Aquilio Tusco over the air army in Preneste.
• Victory of the consul Tito Sicinio soble the volscos, in Velitras.
• Ostracism is used for the first time in Greece.

Deaths

• Cayo Marcio Coriolano, Roman general.
• Ato Tulio, volsco leader.