492 BC
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| 492 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 492 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 262 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2335 – -2334 |
| Berber calendar | 459 |
| Buddhist calendar | 53 |
| Burmese calendar | -1129 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5017 – 5018 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2145/2205) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2146/2206) |
| Coptic calendar | -775 – -774 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -499 – -498 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3269 – 3270 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -436 – -435 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2610 – 2611 |
| Holocene calendar | 9509 |
| Iranian calendar | 1113 BP – 1112 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1147 BH – 1146 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1842 |
| Thai solar calendar | 52 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Greece
- The first expedition of King Darius I of Persia against Greece commences under the leadership of his son-in-law and general, Mardonius. Darius sends Mardonius to succeed his satrap (governor) in Ionia, Artaphernes, with a special commission to attack Athens and Eretria.
- The Persians under Mardonius subdue and capture Thrace and Macedonia.
- Mardonius loses some 300 ships in a storm off Mount Athos, which forces him to abandon his plans to attack Athens and Eretria.
[edit] Sicily
- When Camarina, a Syracusan colony, rebels, Hippocrates, the tyrant of Gela, intervenes to wage war against Syracuse. After defeating the Syracusan army at the Heloros River, he besieges the city. However, he is persuaded by the intervention of forces from the Greek mainland city of Corinth to retreat in exchange for the possession of Camarina.
