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: 496 BC 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC 492 BC - 491 BC - 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC

Events

• Leotychidas II succeeds his cousin Demaratus as king of Sparta.
• Gelo becomes Tyrant of Gela

Births

Deaths

• Hippocrates (Tyrant of Gela)