Pythagoras was born about 570 BCE on the island of Samos. He died at Metapontium, in modern-day Italy, about 500 to 490 BCE. In one version of his life, he died after being expelled from Croton (where he had founded his school) by a revolt against him and his followers; the revolt was led by Cylon, an influential man in Croton who had been rejected by Pythagoras for admission to his school.