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This article concerns the period 499 BC – 490 BC.
Births
496 BC
495 BC
490 BC
- Empedocles, Greek philosopher (d. c. 430 BC)
- Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher (d. c. 430 BC)
Deaths
498 BC
497 BC
- Onesilus, King of Salamis
496 BC
- Sun Tzu, military philosopher and author of The Art of War (most likely a colloquial date) (b. 544 BC)[2]
- King Helü of Wu, king of the Chinese State of Wu
- Marcus Valerius Volusus and Titus Herminius Aquilinus, both former Roman consuls died at the Battle of Lake Regillus
- Octavius Mamilius, ruler of Tusculum also died at the Battle of Lake Regillus
- Iccus of Epidaurus, Olympic boxer, died while boxing Cleomedes of Astypalaea
495 BC
- Pythagoras of Samos
- Tarquinius Superbus, former king of Rome died in exile in Cumae
494 BC
493 BC
491 BC
- Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela[5]
490 BC
- Hippias, tyrant of Athens
- Callimachus, war-archon of Athens
- Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, legendary founder of the gens Claudia
- Pheidippides, messenger and soldier of Athens
References
[edit]- ^ Sommerstein, Alan H. (2002). Greek drama and dramatists. London: Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 0-415-26027-2. OCLC 47838053.
- ^ Pardo, Ramon Pacheco. An Analysis of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. p. 107. doi:10.4324/9781912282357.
- ^ Livy. From the Founding of the City.
- ^ "Cleisthenes of Athens | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- ^ "Gelon | tyrant of Gela and Syracuse | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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