Year 492 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macerinus and Augurinus (or, less frequently...

the Greco-Persian Wars, began in 492 BC, and ended with the decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The invasion, consisting of two...

for the burning of Sardis. The first Persian invasion of Greece began in 492 BC, with the Persian general Mardonius successfully re-subjugating Thrace and...

the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. 492 BC: Ajatashartu overthrows his father Bimbisara to become king of Magadha. 491 BC: Leotychidas succeeds his cousin...

This article concerns the period 499 BC – 490 BC. After a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos in c. 501 BC (on behalf of the Persians), Aristagoras...

In 512/511 BC, the Persian general Megabyzus forced the Macedonian king Amyntas I to make his kingdom a vassal of the Achaemenids. In 492 BC, following...

Old Persian: Artafarna, from Median Rtafarnah), was influential circa 513–492 BC and was a brother of the Achaemenid king of Persia, Darius I. He was appointed...

 545–544 BC) Harpagus (c. 544 BC) Oroetus (before c. 530–520 BC) Bagaeus (c. 520 BC) Otanes (c. 517 BC) Artaphernes I (c. 513–492 BC) Artaphernes II (492–after...

fractious world of Ancient Greece. A preliminary expedition under Mardonius in 492 BC secured the lands approaching Greece, re-conquered Thrace, and forced Macedon...

(Chinese: 秦惠公; pinyin: Qín Huì Gōng, died 492 BC), personal name unknown, was duke of the Qin state from 500 to 492 BC. He was the first of the two rulers of...