What happened in 490 BC?
Battle of Marathon, Siege of Eretria and Siege of Naxos — among 20 events recorded in 490 BC.
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Wars & Conflicts 4
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Battle of Marathon
490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
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Siege of Eretria
Siege in 490 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars
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Siege of Naxos
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Siege of Lindos
489 BCE battle
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People 10
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Pheidippides died
Legendary Greek runner from Marathon to Athens in 490 BC
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Hippias died
Tyrant of Athens from 527 to 510 BC
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Callimachus died
Athenian polemarch at Battle of Marathon in 490 BC
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Aristodemus of Cumae died
Tyrant of Cumae, Magna Graecia (c.550–c.490 BC)
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Cynaegirus died
Athenian general and brother of Aeschylus (died 490 BC)
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Protagoras born
Born in Ancient Abdera. Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC).
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Zeno of Elea born
Born in Velia. Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC).
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Hellanicus of Mytilene born
Born in Mytilene. 5th century BC Greek logographer.
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Ion of Chios born
Born in Chios. 5th-century BC Greek poet, dramatist and philosopher.
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Cleomenes I died
Died in Sparta. Agiad King of Sparta from c.524 BC to c.490 BC.
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Nike of Callimachus
Ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens
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