494 BC

Year 494 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tricostus and Geminus (or, less frequently, year 260 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 494 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
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494 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar494 BC
CDXCIII BC
Ab urbe condita260
Ancient Egypt eraXXVII dynasty, 32
- PharaohDarius I of Persia, 28
Ancient Greek era71st Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4257
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1086
Berber calendar457
Buddhist calendar51
Burmese calendar−1131
Byzantine calendar5015–5016
Chinese calendar丙午(Fire Horse)
2203 or 2143
     to 
丁未年 (Fire Goat)
2204 or 2144
Coptic calendar−777 – −776
Discordian calendar673
Ethiopian calendar−501 – −500
Hebrew calendar3267–3268
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−437 – −436
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2607–2608
Holocene calendar9507
Iranian calendar1115 BP – 1114 BP
Islamic calendar1149 BH – 1148 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1840
Minguo calendar2405 before ROC
民前2405年
Nanakshahi calendar−1961
Thai solar calendar49–50
Tibetan calendar阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
−367 or −748 or −1520
     to 
阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
−366 or −747 or −1519

Events

Persian empire

  • Having successfully captured several of the revolting Greek city-states, the Persians under Artaphernes lay siege to Miletus. The decisive Battle of Lade is fought at the island of Lade, near Miletus' port. Although out-numbered, the Greek fleet appears to be winning the battle until the ships from Samos and Lesbos retreat. The sudden defection turns the tide of battle, and the remaining Greek fleet is completely destroyed. Miletus surrenders shortly thereafter, and the Ionian Revolt comes to an end.
  • The Persian leaders Artaphernes and Mardonius grant a degree of autonomy to the Ionian cities. They abstain from financial reprisals and merely exact former levels of tribute. The Persians abolish the Greek tyrannies in Ionia and permit democracies.
  • The Persians burn down the Temple of Apollo at Didyma.

Greece

  • The Phoenician allies of the Persians take savage reprisals against the Greeks, whom the Phoenicians regard as pirates.
  • The Thracians and Scythians drive Miltiades the Younger from the Chersonesos. Miltiades loads five boats with his treasures and makes for Athens. One of the boats, captained by Miltiades' eldest son, Metiochos is captured. Metiochos is taken as a lifelong prisoner to Persia.
  • The Spartan king, Cleomenes I inflicts a severe defeat on Argos at Sepeia near Tiryns.
  • The former tyrant of Miletus, Histiaeus is captured by the Persians and executed at Sardis by Artaphernes.

Roman republic

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