493 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Persian Empire

Greece

Roman republic

By topic

Literature

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Persian Empire

★ A Phoenician-manned Persian fleet restores Persian control of Cyprus.

Greece

★ The Athenian people elect Themistocles as archon, the chief judicial and civilian executive officer in Athens. He favours resistance against the Persians.

★ Themistocles starts the construction of a fortified naval base at Piraeus, the port town of Athens.

★ Among the refugees arriving from Ionia after the collapse of the Ionian Revolt is a chief named Miltiades, who has a fine reputation as a soldier. Themistocles makes him a general in the Athenian army.

Roman republic

★ Coriolanus captures the Volscian town of Corioli for Rome.

★ During his second consulate, the Roman consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus concludes a mutual defence treaty with the surrounding Latin villages and tribes. The treaty recognises commercial contracts binding throughout their cities. Rome abandons its claim to hegemony over the Latin league. In return, Rome is recognised as the dominant city in the League.

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Literature

★ The Athenian poet Phrynicus produces a tragedy on the ''Fall of Miletus''. The Athenian authorities ban the play from further production on the grounds of impiety.

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