Ionian Revolt 498 BC–492 BC

Belligerents: Cyprus, Athens, Caria, Aeolis, Eretria, Achaemenid Empire, Ionia, Doric hexapolis

Who lived through the Ionian Revolt

Well-known people alive during 498 BC–492 BC:

• Confucius (550 BC–478 BC) — 5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician
• Sophocles (495 BC–405 BC) — ancient Greek playwright
• Pythagoras (582 BC–490 BC) — Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
• Sun Tzu (543 BC–495 BC) — 6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist
• Aeschylus (524 BC–455 BC) — ancient Athenian playwright
• Heraclitus (534 BC–470 BC) — Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
• Parmenides (514 BC–469 BC) — late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
• Anaxagoras (499 BC–427 BC) — 5th-century BC Greek philosopher
• Darius I (549 BC–485 BC) — The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
• Pindar (516 BC–436 BC) — 5th-century BC Greek lyric poet
• Xenophanes (569 BC–477 BC) — Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.570–c.478 BC)
• Xerxes I (518 BC–464 BC) — The fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
• Anacreon (569 BC–484 BC) — ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
• Themistocles (523 BC–458 BC) — Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
• Panini (519 BC–459 BC) — ancient philologist who standardized classical Sanskrit through grammatical rules
• Phidias (499 BC–429 BC) — Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
• Artaxerxes I (500 BC–423 BC) — sixth Achaemenid emperor (475–424 BC)
• Simonides of Ceos (555 BC–468 BC) — Greek lyric poet (c. 556–468 BC)
• Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (600 BC–494 BC) — king of Rome from 535 to 509 BC
• Theognis of Megara (569 BC–484 BC) — Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC
• Judah Maccabee (500 BC–) — 2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids
• Miltiades (553 BC–488 BC) — Greek Athenian statesman and general (c.550–489 BC)
• Zechariah (550 BC–449 BC) — biblical prophet
• Diogenes of Apollonia (500 BC–459 BC) — 5th-century BC Greek philosopher
• Śāriputra (567 BC–483 BC) — chief disciple of Gautama Buddha

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