The world in 493 BC — what happened that year

6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

West Asia (4)

• At the battle of Malene, Histiaeus is captured by Persian cavalry and taken to Sardis (Herodotus, Histories 6.26-30)
• The next year the Persian fleet takes the islands and burns the Ionian cities on the mainland too (Herodotus, Histories 6.31-32)
• The Phoenician fleet takes the Hellespont's left side; the Byzantines flee without fighting (Herodotus, Histories 6.33)
• Miltiades flees from the Chersonese to Athens to avoid the Phoenician fleet (Herodotus, Histories 6.34-41)

Southern Europe (2)

• The Romans besiege Corioli, the foremost city of the Volsci (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Coriolanus 8.1)
• When Corioli falls, most of the soldiers are absorbed in plundering (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Coriolanus 9.1)

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