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Main events of the Ionian Revolt
Year 499 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aebutius and Cicurinus (or, less frequently, year 255 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 499 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.