Year 491 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augurinus and Atratinus (or, less frequently...

Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, former Roman consul. Cleisthenes 491 BC Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela 490 BC Hippias, tyrant of Athens Callimachus, war-archon of Athens...

Λεωτυχίδας; Doric: Λατυχίδας Latychidas; c. 545 – c. 469 BC) was king of Sparta between 491–476 BC, alongside Cleomenes I and later Leonidas I and Pleistarchus...

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...

Demaratos; Doric: Δαμάρατος, Damaratos) was a king of Sparta from around 515 BC to 491 BC. He was the 15th ruler of the Eurypontid dynasty and the firstborn son...

weakened the resolve of the Greek cities, Darius turned to diplomacy in 491 BC. He sent ambassadors to all the Greek city states, asking for "earth and...

Shrenika (Śreṇika) and Seniya (Seṇiya) in the Jain histories (c. 558 – c. 491 BCE or c. 472 – c. 405 BCE) was the King of Magadha (r. 543 – 492 BCE or...

tyrant who dominated Sicilian politics during his rule between 498 BC and 491 BC Pseudo-Hippocrates, an anonymous writer, dubbed with the name because...

Devī was Queen consort of Magadha as the first wife of King Bimbisara (558–491 BC). She was born a princess of Kashi and was the sister of King Prasenajit...

natural harbours by the promontory of Piraeus developed as alternative, from 491 BC. It was said that Menestheus set sail with his fleet to Troy from Phalerum...