What Happened in 490 BC

Empedocles is Born

Empedocles (Ancient Greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; ca. 490–430 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek city in Sicily.... Read more

Zeno of Elea is Born

Little is known for certain about Zeno's life. Although written nearly a century after Zeno's death, the primary source of biographical information... Read more