492 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:	495 BC 494 BC 493 BC - 492 BC - 491 BC 490 BC 489 BC

492 BC by topic
Politics
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**492 BC in other calendars**
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
Chinese calendar	2145/2205 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2146/2206 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
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
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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.

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.