499 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium 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

Events

Aristagoras, acting on behalf of the Persian Empire, leads a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos.
Aristagoras instigates the Ionic Revolt, beginning the Persian Wars between Greece and Persia.
Sardis destroyed by Athenian and Ionian troops.