493 BC

Year 493 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Auruncus and Viscellinus (or, less frequently, year 261 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 493 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:
Decades:
Years:
493 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar493 BC
CDXCII BC
Ab urbe condita261
Ancient Egypt eraXXVII dynasty, 33
- PharaohDarius I of Persia, 29
Ancient Greek era71st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar4258
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1085
Berber calendar458
Buddhist calendar52
Burmese calendar−1130
Byzantine calendar5016–5017
Chinese calendar丁未年 (Fire Goat)
2204 or 2144
     to 
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
2205 or 2145
Coptic calendar−776 – −775
Discordian calendar674
Ethiopian calendar−500 – −499
Hebrew calendar3268–3269
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−436 – −435
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2608–2609
Holocene calendar9508
Iranian calendar1114 BP – 1113 BP
Islamic calendar1148 BH – 1147 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1841
Minguo calendar2404 before ROC
民前2404年
Nanakshahi calendar−1960
Thai solar calendar50–51
Tibetan calendar阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
−366 or −747 or −1519
     to 
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
−365 or −746 or −1518

Events

Persian Empire

Greece

  • The Athenian people elect Themistocles as archon, the chief judicial and civilian executive officer in Athens. He favours resistance against the Persians.
  • Themistocles starts the construction of a fortified naval base at Piraeus, the port town of Athens.
  • Among the refugees arriving from Ionia after the collapse of the Ionian Revolt is a chief named Miltiades, who has a fine reputation as a soldier. Themistocles makes him a general in the Athenian army.

Roman Republic

  • The secession of the plebs concludes.
  • The Roman army, led by Postumus Cominius Auruncus defeats the Volsci and the Romans capture the towns of Longula, Pollusca and Corioli. Gaius Marcius distinguishes himself in the battle for Corioli, and earns the cognomen Coriolanus.
  • During his second consulate, the Roman consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus concludes a treaty with the Latin League, the Foedus Cassianum, confirming Roman primacy in Latium.

Literature

  • The Athenian poet Phrynicus produces a tragedy on the Fall of Miletus. The Athenian authorities ban the play from further production on the grounds of impiety.

Births

    Deaths

    • Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, former Roman consul.
    • Cleisthenes

    References

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