When Does "Coriolanus" (1608) Take Place?
"The Tragedy of Coriolanus" (often released simply as "Coriolanus") is a historical fiction stageplay written by William Shakespeare and performed as early as 1608 (according to most scholars). So when is "Coriolanus" set?
It takes place in the years:
We know this because in act 1 scene 1, when the real-world Roman politician Menenius Agrippa asks, "What is granted them?", Caius Martius (based on real-world General Gaius Marcius Coriolanus) replies, "Five tribunes to defend their vulgar wisdoms, / Of their own choice." Martius is referring to the creation of a new political office open only to common folk called the tribune of the plebs. This happened in the real-world in 494 BC.

494 BC - 488 BC
We know this because in act 1 scene 1, when the real-world Roman politician Menenius Agrippa asks, "What is granted them?", Caius Martius (based on real-world General Gaius Marcius Coriolanus) replies, "Five tribunes to defend their vulgar wisdoms, / Of their own choice." Martius is referring to the creation of a new political office open only to common folk called the tribune of the plebs. This happened in the real-world in 494 BC.
Then, around act 1 scene 7 of the play, the Roman army attacks a town named Corioles (or Corioli) of the real-world Volsci tribe and Martius leads the small regiment which makes the decisive winning move, breaking through the town gates. This occurred in the real world in 493 BC.
Partway through the show, in act 3 scene 1, food riots break out in Rome during which Martius publicly argues common people should get no food if they won't join the army. Soon after, in act 3 scene 3, Martius is exiled for his anti-republic/anti-democratic views. This is contested history but it's believed the real-world general did argue in favor of abolishing the very recently created political office open to common folk (tribune of the plebs) during grain riots in the real world in 491 BC.
Near the end of the narrative, in act 5 scene 3, the audience is shown a narrowly won peace between the Volsci and the Romans brokered by Martius in exile after the urging of his mother and and his wife. This is believed to have happened in the real-world in 488 BC.
It was remade in 1962.
It was adapted to TV in 1963, as an opera in 1974, to TV again in 1983 to film in 2011.