499 BC

Centuries:	6th century BC · 5th century BC · 4th century BC
Decades:	520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC
Years:	502 BC 501 BC 500 BC 499 BC 498 BC 497 BC 496 BC

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After a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos in 502 BC, Aristagoras instigates the Ionian Revolt. With the encouragement of Histiaeus (his father-in-law and former tyrant of Miletus), Aristagoras, governor of Miletus, induces the Ionian cities of Asia Minor to revolt against Persia thus beginning the Persian Wars between Greece and Persia. The pro-Persian tyrant of Mytilene is stoned to death.
Aristagoras seeks help with the revolt against the Persians from Cleomenes I, the King of Sparta, but the Spartans are unwilling to respond.
The ruler of the Thracian Chersonese, Miltiades the Younger, joins the Ionian revolt. He seizes the isles of Lemnos and Imbros from the Persians.