What happened in 492 BC?
Battle of the Helorus River and First Persian invasion of Greece — among 2 events recorded in 492 BC.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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First Persian invasion of Greece
Campaigns by Persia against Greek city-states (492–490 BCE)
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Battle of the Helorus River
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 492 BC.
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Battle of Lade
494 BCE naval battle during the Ionian Revolt
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Pericles born
Born in Athens. Athenian statesman, orator and general (c. 495 – 429 BC).
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Empedocles born
Born in Akragas. 5th century BC Greek philosopher.
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Artaphernes died
Late 6th/early 5th-century BC Persian general and satrap
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Agrippa Menenius Lanatus died
Roman general and consul (died 493 BC)
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Artaphernes
Late 6th/early 5th-century BC Persian general and satrap
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Bimbisara died
King of Magadha, active 543 B.C.-491 B.C.
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Pythagoras died
Died in Metapontum. Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC).
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Octavius Mamilius died
Prince and dictator of the Latium city of Tusculum (died 498/496 BC)
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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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Pheidippides died
Legendary Greek runner from Marathon to Athens in 490 BC
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