493 BC Chr.

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493 BC Chr.
Under the Athenian archon Themistocles , the port and fleet of Piraeus are expanded.
493 BC Chr. In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	51/52 (southern Buddhism); 50/51 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	36th (37th) cycle , year of the earth-monkey戊申 ( at the beginning of the year fire-sheep 丁未)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 71st Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3268/69
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CCLXI (261)
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In 493 BC Chr. Begins Athens after the suppression of the Ionian revolt on a revenge campaign of the Persian Empire prepare. Under the new Archon Themistocles the port and the fleet in Piraeus are expanded.

Events

Ionic Uprising / Persian Wars

Figure identified with Themistocles

Themistocles is elected Archon of Athens . In a situation in which the polis has to reckon with a counterstrike from the Persians after the defeat of the Ionian uprising by the Persian Achaemenid Empire , he chooses the controversial strategy of strengthening Greece's sea power . He had the port in Piraeus expanded and had 200 warships built .

In a final battle of the Ionian uprising , the Persian general Harpagos arrests the former tyrant of Miletus , Histiaios . The satrap Artaphernes has him executed. He sends his salted head to Great King Dareios I in Susa . Then Artaphernes convenes a congress of all Ionian cities in Sardis , at which a generally applicable traffic law is passed, which is also viewed as a peace pact. With this the Ionian uprising is finally over, even if Dionysius of Phocaea, who escaped after the battle of Ark , is still active as a privateer in the waters of Asia Minor for some time.

Roman Republic

According to legend, Postumus Cominius Auruncus and Spurius Cassius Vecellinus are each consul of the early Roman Republic for the second time .

According to various sources, Lucius Alibinius (Paterculus), Lucius Iunius Brutus, Gaius Licinius, Publius Licinius and Lucius Sicinius Vellutus (Bellutus) are the first popular tribunes .

According to Plutarch , the Roman general Gnaeus Marcius conquered the cities of Corioli , Longula and Pollusca from the Volscore and was given the nickname Coriolanus for this .

Around 493 BC The first Latin war ends with a peace treaty in which Rome allies itself with the Latin cities and is probably accepted as a leading member. More detailed provisions regulate the common defense under a Roman general and the division of any booty. Possibly this contract, the Foedus Cassianum , but also only in the year 370 BC. Chr. Dated.

Died

Histiaios , former tyrant of Miletus, executed, (* before 520 BC)