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

Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC

Years: 499 BC - 498 BC - 497 BC 496 BC 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC

Events

• Leontini subjected (subjugated?) by Hippocrates of Gela
• Alexander I succeeds his father Amyntas I as king of Macedonia

Births

Deaths

• Amyntas I, king of Macedonia