493 BC

Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC

Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC

Years: 498 BC 497 BC 496 BC 495 BC 494 BC - 493 BC - 492 BC 491 BC 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC

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Births

Deaths

Events

• Battle of Lake Regillus fought by the Romans
• Peiraeus, the port town of Athens, is founded