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

Decades: 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC

Years: 493 BC 492 BC 491 BC 490 BC 489 BC - 488 BC - 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC

Events

• Leonidas succeeds his brother Cleomenes I as king of Sparta, who was judged insane.

Births

Deaths

• Miltiades, Athenian general