499 BC

Years
Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Decades
510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC
Years
502 BC 501 BC 500 BC 499 BC 498 BC 497 BC 496 BC
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Events

Aristagoras, acting on behalf of the Persian Empire, leads a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos.
Aristagoras instigates the Ionic Revolt, beginning the Persian Wars between Greece and Persia.
Sardis destroyed by Athenian and Ionian troops.