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Year '''493 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Auruncus and Viscellinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 261 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 493 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Persian Empire ====
* A [[Phoenicia]]n-manned [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] fleet restores Persian control of [[Cyprus]].

==== Greece ====
* The Athenian people elect [[Themistocles]] as [[archon]], the chief judicial and civilian executive officer in [[Athens]]. He favours resistance against the Persians.
* Themistocles starts the construction of a fortified naval base at [[Piraeus]], the port town of [[Athens]].
* Among the refugees arriving from [[Ionia]] after the collapse of the [[Ionian Revolt]] is a chief named [[Miltiades the Younger|Miltiades]], who has a fine reputation as a soldier. Themistocles makes him a general in the Athenian army.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[First secessio plebis in 494 BC|secession of the plebs]] concludes.
* The [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army, led by [[Postumus Cominius Auruncus]] [[Roman-Volscian wars#Roman reprisals 493 BC|defeats]] the [[Volsci]] and the Romans capture the towns of [[Longula (ancient Volscian Town)|Longula]], [[Pollusca]] and [[Corioli]].  [[Gaius Marcius Coriolanus|Gaius Marcius]] distinguishes himself in the battle for Corioli, and earns the cognomen Coriolanus.
* During his second consulate, the [[Roman consul]] [[Spurius Cassius Vecellinus]] concludes a treaty with the [[Latin League]], the [[Foedus Cassianum]], confirming Roman primacy in [[Latium]].

=== By topic ===

==== Literature ====
* The Athenian poet [[Phrynichus (tragic poet)|Phrynicus]] produces a tragedy on the ''Fall of [[Miletus]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Burn |first1=Andrew Robert |last2=Rhodes |first2=P. J. |date=2016-03-07 |title=Themistocles, Athenian politician, c. 524–459 BCE |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-6340 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.6340|isbn=978-0-19-938113-5 }}</ref> The Athenian authorities ban the play from further production on the grounds of impiety.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (consul 503 BC)|Agrippa Menenius Lanatus]], former [[Roman consul]].<ref name="Livy-2.33">{{Cite book |last=Livy |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/From_the_Founding_of_the_City/Book_2 |title=From the Founding of the City}}</ref>
* [[Cleisthenes]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cleisthenes of Athens {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cleisthenes-of-Athens |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

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