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class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>488 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-488_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sicily" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.1</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rome" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rome"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.2</span> <span>Rome</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rome-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece_2" 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class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rome_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rome_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.2</span> <span>Rome</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rome_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kush" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kush"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.3</span> <span>Kush</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kush-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-486_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#486_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>486 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-486_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Persian_Empire" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian_Empire"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.1</span> <span>Persian Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Persian_Empire-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roman_Republic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roman_Republic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.2</span> <span>Roman Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Republic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_topic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_topic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2</span> <span>By topic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_topic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2.1</span> <span>Art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-485_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#485_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>485 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-485_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Persian_Empire_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian_Empire_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.1</span> <span>Persian Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Persian_Empire_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sicily_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5.1.2</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-484_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#484_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>484 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-484_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Persian_Empire_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian_Empire_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.1</span> <span>Persian Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Persian_Empire_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.2</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rome_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rome_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.3</span> <span>Rome</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rome_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-=_By_topic_=" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#=_By_topic_="> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.4</span> <span>= By topic =</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-=_By_topic_=-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1.5</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-483_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#483_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>483 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-483_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Persian_empire_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian_empire_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.1</span> <span>Persian empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Persian_empire_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.2</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.3</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sicily_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7.1.4</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-482_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#482_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>482 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-482_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greece_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.2</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rome_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rome_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8.1.3</span> <span>Rome</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rome_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-481_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#481_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>481 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-481_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Persian_Empire_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian_Empire_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.1</span> <span>Persian Empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Persian_Empire_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.2</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-China_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rome_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rome_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9.1.4</span> <span>Rome</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rome_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-480_BC" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#480_BC"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>480 BC</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-480_BC-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-By_place_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_place_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1</span> <span>By place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_place_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Greece_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.1</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rome_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rome_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.2</span> <span>Rome</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rome_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sicily_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sicily_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.3</span> <span>Sicily</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sicily_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Persian_empire_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Persian_empire_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1.4</span> <span>Persian empire</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Persian_empire_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_topic_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_topic_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.2</span> <span>By topic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_topic_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.2.1</span> <span>Arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Births</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Births-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Deaths</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deaths-sublist" 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Chr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="480er v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/480._aastad_eKr" title="480. aastad eKr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="480. aastad eKr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%B1os_480_a._C." title="Años 480 a. C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Años 480 a. 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J.-C. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Années 480 av. J.-C." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/480id%C3%AD_RC" title="480idí RC – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="480idí RC" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_de_-480" title="Década de -480 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Década de -480" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yari_480a_aK" title="Yari 480a aK – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Yari 480a aK" data-language-autonym="Ido" 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data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miaka_ya_480_KK" title="Miaka ya 480 KK – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Miaka ya 480 KK" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_480_a.C." title="Anni 480 a.C. – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Anni 480 a.C." data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._e._480-as_%C3%A9vek" title="I. e. 480-as évek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. e. 480-as évek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BF.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="480-ти п.н.е. – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="480-ти п.н.е." data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._480-%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ჯვ. წ. 480-იანეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჯვ. წ. 480-იანეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF_480_%D9%82.%D9%85" title="عقد 480 ق.م – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="عقد 480 ق.م" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-an_SM" title="480-an SM – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="480-an SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil._av._480-lar" title="Mil. av. 480-lar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mil. av. 480-lar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_de_480_a.C." title="Década de 480 a.C. – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Década de 480 a.C." data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anii_480_%C3%AE.Hr." title="Anii 480 î.Hr. – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Anii 480 î.Hr." data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D1%8D." title="480-е годы до н. э. – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="480-е годы до н. э." data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/80._roky_5._storo%C4%8Dia_pred_Kr." title="80. roky 5. storočia pred Kr. – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="80. roky 5. storočia pred Kr." data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/480._pr._n._%C5%A1t." title="480. pr. n. št. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="480. pr. n. št." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-%D0%B5_%D0%BF._%D0%BD._%D0%B5." title="480-е п. н. е. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="480-е п. н. е." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-e_pr._n._e." title="480-e pr. n. e. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="480-e pr. n. e." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-an_SM" title="480-an SM – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="480-an SM" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-luku_eaa." title="480-luku eaa. – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="480-luku eaa." data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-talet_f.Kr." title="480-talet f.Kr. – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="480-talet f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/480-%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%B1._%D1%8D._%D0%BA.)" title="480-еллар (б. э. к.) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="480-еллар (б. э. к.)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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However, the expedition is unsuccessful and, on his return, he is fined in a prosecution led by <a href="/wiki/Xanthippus" class="mw-redirect" title="Xanthippus">Xanthippus</a> and put in prison where he dies of wounds received at Paros.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Athenian soldier and statesman, <a href="/wiki/Aristides" title="Aristides">Aristides</a> (<b>the Just</b>), is made chief archon of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="488_BC">488 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 488 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/488_BC" title="488 BC">488 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=488_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=488_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_2"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=488_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=488_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theron_of_Acragas" title="Theron of Acragas">Theron</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Agrigento" title="Agrigento">Acragas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Rome"> Rome</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=488_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Marcius_Coriolanus" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaius Marcius Coriolanus">Gaius Marcius Coriolanus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Attius_Tullus_Aufidius" class="mw-redirect" title="Attius Tullus Aufidius">Attius Tullus Aufidius</a>, leading an army of the <a href="/wiki/Volsci" title="Volsci">Volsci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman-Volscian_wars#Volscian_invasion_led_by_Coriolanus_in_491-488_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman-Volscian wars">besiege</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a>. Coriolanus' mother and wife convince him to break off the siege. In recognition of the service of these women, a temple is erected in Rome dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Fortuna" title="Fortuna">Fortuna</a>. Subsequently, the <a href="/wiki/Volsci" title="Volsci">Volsci</a> and their allies the <a href="/wiki/Aequi" title="Aequi">Aequi</a> have a falling out, and their armies <a href="/wiki/Roman-Aequian_wars#Attack_on_Rome_in_488_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman-Aequian wars">fight</a> as a result, significantly diminishing the strength of each of them.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_2"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=488_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astylos_of_Croton" title="Astylos of Croton">Astylos of Croton</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/Stadion_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadion race">stadion race</a> at the 73rd <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="487_BC">487 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 487 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/487_BC" title="487 BC">487 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=487_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=487_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_3"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=487_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_3"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=487_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The island of <a href="/wiki/Aegina" title="Aegina">Aegina</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> go to war. The island has earned the enmity of Athens by earlier submitting to the Persians. The Spartan King, <a href="/wiki/Leotychidas" class="mw-redirect" title="Leotychidas">Leotychidas</a>, tries unsuccessfully to arrange a truce in the war.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athenian</a> Archonship becomes elective by lot from all the <a href="/wiki/Citizenship" title="Citizenship">citizens</a>, an important milestone in the move towards radical <a href="/wiki/Athenian_democracy" title="Athenian democracy">Athenian democracy</a>. There are nine <a href="/wiki/Archon" title="Archon">archons</a> and a secretary. Three of the archons have special functions: the <a href="/wiki/Basileus" title="Basileus">basileus</a>, or sovereign; the <a href="/wiki/Polemarch" title="Polemarch">polemarch</a> (originally a military commander); and the archon eponymous (chief magistrate), who gave his name to the year.</li> <li>First known use of <a href="/wiki/Ostracism" title="Ostracism">ostracism</a>, an instrument created in 508 by <a href="/wiki/Cleisthenes" title="Cleisthenes">Cleisthenes</a> which enabled the electorate to banish for ten years any citizen deemed to be a threat to democracy. It was intended, therefore, as a safeguard against tyranny. An ostracism could be held annually providing a quorum of 6,000 was achieved but, apparently, the Assembly declined to invoke it until 487 when there was a popular reaction against Hipparchos the Pisistradid who had been the peace party archon in 496. He was the first of several citizens to be ostracised through the fifth century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Rome_2">Rome</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=487_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Wars are fought between <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a> and each of the <a href="/wiki/Roman-Volscian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_487_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman-Volscian wars">Volsci</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_the_Hernici#The_foedus_Cassianum_-_5th_century_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman conquest of the Hernici">Hernici</a>. Rome prevails in both disputes.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Kush">Kush</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=487_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Kush"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siaspiqa" title="Siaspiqa">Siaspiqa</a> becomes ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kush" title="Kingdom of Kush">Kushite kingdom of Meroe</a>, likely succeeding <a href="/wiki/Amaniastabarqa" title="Amaniastabarqa">Amaniastabarqa</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="486_BC">486 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 486 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/486_BC" title="486 BC">486 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_4"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Persian_Empire"> Persian Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Persian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a> revolts against <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> rule upon the death of king <a href="/wiki/Darius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Darius I">Darius I</a>. The revolts, probably led by <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libyans</a> of the western Delta, are crushed the next year by <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes</a>, who reduces Egypt to the status of a conquered province.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Roman_Republic"> Roman Republic</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Rome</a> enters into a new treaty with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_the_Hernici#The_foedus_Cassianum_-_5th_century_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman conquest of the Hernici">Hernici</a>.</li> <li>During his third consulate, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">Roman consul</a> <a href="/wiki/Spurius_Cassius_Vecellinus" title="Spurius Cassius Vecellinus">Spurius Cassius Vecellinus</a> proposes an <a href="/wiki/Agrarian_law" title="Agrarian law">agrarian law</a> to assist needy <a href="/wiki/Plebs" class="mw-redirect" title="Plebs">plebeians</a>. The proposal is vehemently opposed by the <a href="/wiki/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)" title="Patrician (ancient Rome)">patricians</a> including the other consul <a href="/wiki/Proculus_Verginius_Tricostus_Rutilus" title="Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus">Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus</a>, and the plebs turn against the patricians. In the following year Cassius is condemned and executed for <a href="/wiki/Perduellio" title="Perduellio">high treason</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The first part of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canal_(China)" title="Grand Canal (China)">Grand Canal of China</a> is built during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Fuchai_of_Wu" title="Fuchai of Wu">King Fuchai of Wu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It links the <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River">Yangtze River</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Huai_River" title="Huai River">Huai River</a>, and is a measure to ship ample amount of supplies north for intended wars with the northern states of <a href="/wiki/Song_(state)" title="Song (state)">Song</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lu_(state)" title="Lu (state)">Lu</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_topic"> By topic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: By topic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Art"> Art</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=486_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" title="Edit section: Art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The construction of a relief in the <a href="/wiki/Apadana" title="Apadana">Apadana</a>, a ceremonial complex at <a href="/wiki/Persepolis" title="Persepolis">Persepolis</a>, is finished. It shows Darius and Xerxes receiving tribute.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="485_BC">485 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 485 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/485_BC" title="485 BC">485 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=485_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=485_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_5"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=485_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Persian_Empire_2"> Persian Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=485_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Persian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes I</a> is just beginning his reign after the death of his father <a href="/wiki/Darius_the_Great" title="Darius the Great">Darius the Great</a> in 486 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time the Persian empire extends as far west as <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> and as far east as the <a href="/wiki/Beas_River" title="Beas River">Hyphasis</a> (Beas) River; it stretches to the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus Mountains</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Aral_Sea" title="Aral Sea">Aral Sea</a> in the north and to the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Desert" title="Arabian Desert">Arabian Desert</a> in the south.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily_2"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=485_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gelo">Gelo</a>, the tyrant of <a href="/wiki/Gela" title="Gela">Gela</a>, takes advantage of an appeal by the descendants of the first colonist of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a>, the Gamoroi, who had held power until they were expelled by the Killichiroi, the lower class of the city. He makes himself master of that city, leaving his brother <a href="/wiki/Hiero_I_of_Syracuse" title="Hiero I of Syracuse">Hieron</a> to control Gela.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="484_BC">484 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 484 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/484_BC" title="484 BC">484 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_6"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Persian_Empire_3"> Persian Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Persian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes I</a> quells the Egyptian revolt against <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> rule. He ravages the Delta region in the process and then appoints his brother <a href="/wiki/Achaemenes_(satrap)" title="Achaemenes (satrap)">Achaemenes</a> <a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrap</a> (governor) of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a>.</li> <li>Despite an attempt at rebellion, the land and city of <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a> remains solidly under Persian rule.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_4"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Athenian general and statesman, <a href="/wiki/Xanthippus" class="mw-redirect" title="Xanthippus">Xanthippus</a>, is <a href="/wiki/Ostracism" title="Ostracism">ostracised</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astylos_of_Croton" title="Astylos of Croton">Astylos of Croton</a> wins the <a href="/wiki/Stadion_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadion race">stadion race</a> for a second time at the 74th <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Rome_3"> Rome</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Romans <a href="/wiki/Roman-Aequian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_485_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman-Aequian wars">defeat</a> the <a href="/wiki/Volsci" title="Volsci">Volsci</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aequi" title="Aequi">Aequi</a> in battle.</li> <li>Dedication of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Castor_and_Pollux" title="Temple of Castor and Pollux">Temple of Castor and Pollux</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="=_By_topic_="><span id=".3D_By_topic_.3D"></span>= By topic =</h6></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Literature"> Literature</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=484_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Athenian playwright, <a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a>, wins first prize in drama at the <a href="/wiki/Dionysia" title="Dionysia">Dionysia</a> festival.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="483_BC">483 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 483 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/483_BC" title="483 BC">483 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_7"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Persian_empire_4"> Persian empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Persian empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes I of Persia</a> is encouraged by his cousin and brother-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Mardonius_(nephew_of_Darius_I)" title="Mardonius (nephew of Darius I)">Mardonius</a>, supported by a strong party of exiled Greeks, to take revenge for the defeat that <a href="/wiki/Darius_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Darius I of Persia">Darius I</a> suffered at the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a> at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon" title="Battle of Marathon">Marathon</a> in <a href="/wiki/490_BC" title="490 BC">490 BC</a>. In response, Xerxes prepares for a major expedition to crush the Greeks. To avoid a repeat of the significant losses to the Persian fleet that occurred in <a href="/wiki/492_BC" title="492 BC">492 BC</a>, Xerxes has a canal cut through the promontory of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_5"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Athenian <a href="/wiki/Archon" title="Archon">archon</a> <a href="/wiki/Themistocles" title="Themistocles">Themistocles</a> realises that the Greeks need to be able to beat the Persians at sea. To carry out this strategy, however, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> needs far more warships (that is to say the newly developed, specialised <a href="/wiki/Trireme" title="Trireme">triremes</a>) than the 70 it has. Themistocles is initially opposed by other Athenian leaders. However, when the state-owned silver mines at <a href="/wiki/Laurium" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurium">Laurium</a> become the site of a rich strike, Themistocles persuades the assembly, instead of "declaring a dividend," to devote the whole surplus to increasing the navy to a proposed 200 ships.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="India"> India</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha#Relics" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">relics</a> associated with his cremation were divided amongst royal families and his disciples, then interned in 8 reliquaries. Each <a href="/wiki/Reliquary" title="Reliquary">reliquary</a> was then encased in its own burial mound, called a <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupa</a> (approximate date).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily_3"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=483_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gelo">Gelo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a> conquers the nearby Sicilian cities of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Euboea,_Sicily&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euboea, Sicily (page does not exist)">Euboea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Megara_Hyblaea" title="Megara Hyblaea">Megara Hyblaea</a>, selling their common people into slavery and bringing their oligarchs to Syracuse.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="482_BC">482 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 482 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/482_BC" title="482 BC">482 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=482_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=482_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_8"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=482_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_6"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=482_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Athenian <a href="/wiki/Archon" title="Archon">archon</a> <a href="/wiki/Themistocles" title="Themistocles">Themistocles</a> secures the <a href="/wiki/Ostracism" title="Ostracism">ostracism</a> of his opponents and becomes the political leader of <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>. The Athenian soldier and statesman, <a href="/wiki/Aristides" title="Aristides">Aristides</a>, is one of those ostracised due to his opposition to Themistocles' naval policy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China_2"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=482_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>While <a href="/wiki/King_Fuchai_of_Wu" class="mw-redirect" title="King Fuchai of Wu">King Fuchai of Wu</a> attends a meeting in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Huangchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huangchi (page does not exist)">Huangchi</a>, in an attempt to gain hegemony over all the other duchies of <a href="/wiki/Zhou_dynasty" title="Zhou dynasty">Zhou dynasty</a> China, his capital city in the <a href="/wiki/Wu_(state)" title="Wu (state)">State of Wu</a> is captured in a surprise assault by <a href="/wiki/King_Goujian_of_Yue" class="mw-redirect" title="King Goujian of Yue">King Goujian of Yue</a>. In <a href="/wiki/473_BC" title="473 BC">473 BC</a> the State of Wu will be annexed by the <a href="/wiki/Yue_(state)" title="Yue (state)">State of Yue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Rome_4"> Rome</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=482_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Continuation of <a href="/wiki/Roman-Aequian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_485_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman-Aequian wars">hostilities</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Aequi" title="Aequi">Aequi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Continuation of <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Etruscan_Wars#The_Fabian_war_with_Veii_in_483-476_BC" title="Roman–Etruscan Wars">hostilities</a> with <a href="/wiki/Veii" title="Veii">Veii</a>. The Veientine army enters Roman territory and ravages the countryside.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="481_BC">481 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 481 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/481_BC" title="481 BC">481 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_9"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Persian_Empire_5"> Persian Empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Persian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> King <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes I</a> arrives at <a href="/wiki/Sardis" title="Sardis">Sardis</a> and begins to build up his great army and navy for the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greece</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a> contributes 481 ships.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_7"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Congress_at_the_Isthmus_of_Corinth" title="Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth">Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth</a>, under the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a>, brings together a number of the Greek city states, who agree to the end of the war between <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aegina" title="Aegina">Aegina</a>. They also discuss the threat from the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a>. Athens is unwilling to place her forces under Sparta and its king <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_I" title="Leonidas I">Leonidas</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gelo">Gelo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a>, wants high command, but Sparta and Athens refuse. However, during the Congress, Gelo has to withdraw due to <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a>'s plans to invade <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. Finally, Themistocles agrees that Athens' navy serve under a Spartan admiral to achieve the unity of the Greek states. Nevertheless, <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" title="Thebes, Greece">Thebes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a> are unwilling to support Athens against the Persians and <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> decides to remain neutral.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="China_3"> China</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" title="Spring and Autumn period">Spring and Autumn period</a>, which had begun in <a href="/wiki/722_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="722 BC">722 BC</a>, ends and compilation of the <i><a href="/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Annals" title="Spring and Autumn Annals">Spring and Autumn Annals</a></i> ceases.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It gives way to the <a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States period</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Rome_5"> Rome</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=481_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Aequi" title="Aequi">Aequi</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman-Aequian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_485_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman-Aequian wars">lay siege</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ortona,_Latium" title="Ortona, Latium">Ortona</a> but are defeated by the Romans. Tensions between the Roman classes flare during the battle.</li> <li>Continuation of <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Etruscan_Wars#The_Fabian_war_with_Veii_in_483-476_BC" title="Roman–Etruscan Wars">hostilities</a> with <a href="/wiki/Veii" title="Veii">Veii</a>. The Veientine army threatens to besiege Rome but nothing notable occurs.</li> <li>The tribune <a href="/wiki/Spurius_Licinius" title="Spurius Licinius">Spurius Licinius</a> unsuccessfully advocates an <a href="/wiki/Agrarian_law" title="Agrarian law">agrarian law</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="480_BC">480 BC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Module:For_nowiki&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: 480 BC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/480_BC" title="480 BC">480 BC</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_place_10"> By place</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: By place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Greece_8"> Greece</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May – King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedonia.</li> <li>The Greek congress decides to send a force of 10,000 Greeks, including hoplites and cavalry, to the <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Tempe" title="Vale of Tempe">Vale of Tempe</a>, through which they believe the Persian army will pass. The force includes <a href="/wiki/Lacedaemon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lacedaemon">Lacedaemonians</a> led by Euanetos and <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athenians</a> under <a href="/wiki/Themistocles" title="Themistocles">Themistocles</a>. Warned by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Macedon" title="Alexander I of Macedon">Alexander I of Macedon</a> that the vale can be bypassed elsewhere and that the army of Xerxes is overwhelming, the Greeks decide not to try to hold there and vacate the vale.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_20" title="August 20">August 20</a> or <a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a>-10 – The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae" title="Battle of Thermopylae">Battle of Thermopylae</a> ends in victory for the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> under Xerxes. His army engulfs a force of 300 <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartans</a> and 700 <a href="/wiki/Thespiae" title="Thespiae">Thespiae</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartan</a> King, <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_I" title="Leonidas I">Leonidas I</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a> under Leonidas resist the advance through <a href="/wiki/Thermopylae" title="Thermopylae">Thermopylae</a> of Xerxes' vast army. For two days Leonidas and his troops withstand the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> attacks; he then orders most of his troops to retreat, and he and his 300-member royal guard fight to the last man.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_the_Regent" title="Pausanias the Regent">Pausanias</a> becomes regent for King Leonidas' son, <a href="/wiki/Pleistarchus" title="Pleistarchus">Pleistarchus</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_I" title="Leonidas I">Leonidas I</a> is killed at <a href="/wiki/Thermopylae" title="Thermopylae">Thermopylae</a>. Pausanias is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Sparta" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings of Sparta">Agiad</a> royal family, the son of King <a href="/wiki/Cleombrotus_(regent)" title="Cleombrotus (regent)">Cleombrotus</a> and nephew of Leonidas.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phocis" title="Phocis">Phocis</a> and the coasts of <a href="/wiki/Euboea" title="Euboea">Euboea</a> are devastated by the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a>. <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" title="Thebes, Greece">Thebes</a> and most of <a href="/wiki/Boeotia" title="Boeotia">Boeotia</a> join Xerxes.</li> <li>King <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Macedon" title="Alexander I of Macedon">Alexander I of Macedon</a> is obliged to accompany Xerxes in a campaign through <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greece</a>, though he secretly aids the Greek allies. With Xerxes' apparent acquiescence, Alexander seizes the Greek <a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">colony</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pydna" title="Pydna">Pydna</a> and advances his frontiers eastward to the <a href="/wiki/Struma_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Struma River">Strymon</a>, taking in <a href="/wiki/Crestonia" title="Crestonia">Crestonia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bisaltia" title="Bisaltia">Bisaltia</a>, along with the rich silver deposits of Mount Dysorus.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athenian</a> <a href="/wiki/Soldier" title="Soldier">soldier</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/statesman" class="extiw" title="wikt:statesman">statesman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aristides" title="Aristides">Aristides</a>, as well as the former <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athenian</a> <a href="/wiki/Archon" title="Archon">archon</a> <a href="/wiki/Xanthippus" class="mw-redirect" title="Xanthippus">Xanthippus</a>, return from banishment in <a href="/wiki/Aegina" title="Aegina">Aegina</a> to serve under <a href="/wiki/Themistocles" title="Themistocles">Themistocles</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a>.</li> <li>August – The <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> achieve a naval victory over the <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Artemisium" title="Battle of Artemisium">engagement</a> fought near <a href="/wiki/Artemisium" title="Artemisium">Artemisium</a>, a promontory on the north coast of <a href="/wiki/Euboea" title="Euboea">Euboea</a>. The Greek fleet holds its own against the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> in three days of fighting but withdraws southward when news comes of the defeat at <a href="/wiki/Thermopylae" title="Thermopylae">Thermopylae</a>.</li> <li>Breaking through the pass at <a href="/wiki/Thermopylae" title="Thermopylae">Thermopylae</a> from <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedonia</a> into <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greece</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> occupy <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attica</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> sack <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, whose citizens flee to <a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnesus</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis" title="Battle of Salamis">Battle of Salamis</a> brings victory to the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Athens_(polis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens (polis)">Athenian</a> general <a href="/wiki/Themistocles" title="Themistocles">Themistocles</a> lures the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> into the Bay of Salamis, between the <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athenian</a> port-city of <a href="/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a> and the island of <a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a>. The Greek <a href="/wiki/Trireme" title="Trireme">triremes</a> then attack furiously, ramming or sinking many <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">vessels</a> and boarding others. The <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> sink about 200 <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">vessels</a> while losing only about 40 of their own. The rest of the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persian</a> fleet is scattered, and as a result Xerxes has to postpone his planned land offensives for a year, a delay that gives the Greek city-states time to unite against him. <a href="/wiki/Aeschylus" title="Aeschylus">Aeschylus</a> fights on the winning side.</li> <li>An eclipse of the sun discourages the Greek army from following up the victory of <a href="/wiki/Salamis_Island" title="Salamis Island">Salamis</a>. Xerxes returns to <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persia</a> leaving behind an army under <a href="/wiki/Mardonius_(nephew_of_Darius_I)" title="Mardonius (nephew of Darius I)">Mardonius</a>, which winters in <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Rome_6"> Rome</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Romans achieve a significant <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Etruscan_Wars#The_Fabian_war_with_Veii_in_483-476_BC" title="Roman–Etruscan Wars">victory</a> against <a href="/wiki/Veii" title="Veii">Veii</a> after a close-fought battle. Tensions between the Roman classes flare during the battle. <a href="/wiki/Quintus_Fabius_Vibulanus_(consul_485_BC)" title="Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 485 BC)">Quintus Fabius</a> and the consul <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Manlius_Cincinnatus" title="Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus">Manlius</a> perish in the fighting.</li> <li>The tribune <a href="/wiki/Titus_Pontificius" title="Titus Pontificius">Titus Pontificius</a> unsuccessfully advocates an <a href="/wiki/Agrarian_law" title="Agrarian law">agrarian law</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Sicily_4"> Sicily</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Sicily"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Xerxes encourages the Carthaginians to attack the Greeks in Sicily. Under the Carthaginian military leader, <a href="/wiki/Hamilcar" title="Hamilcar">Hamilcar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a> sends across a large army.</li> <li>The Greek city of <a href="/wiki/Himera" title="Himera">Himera</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, in its quarrel with <a href="/wiki/Agrigento" title="Agrigento">Akragas</a>, enlists Carthaginian support. With the help of <a href="/wiki/Gelo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gelo">Gelo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracusae</a>, and Theron of Akragas, the Carthaginians are defeated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Himera_(480_BC)" title="Battle of Himera (480 BC)">Battle of Himera</a>. After the defeat, Hamilcar kills himself.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Persian_empire_6"> Persian empire</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-5" title="Edit section: Persian empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Imperial treasury at the <a href="/wiki/Persepolis" title="Persepolis">Persepolis</a> Palace is completed after a building time of thirty years.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_topic_2"> By topic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-6" title="Edit section: By topic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Arts"> Arts</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=480_BC&action=edit&section=T-7" title="Edit section: Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Archaic_period_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaic period in Greece">archaic period</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">sculpture</a> ends in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greece</a> and is succeeded by the Severe (Early <a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece">Classical</a>) period (approximate date).</li> <li>A sculpture of the <i>Dying Warrior</i> is made in the left corner of the east pediment of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Aphaea" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Aphaea">Temple of Aphaea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aegina" title="Aegina">Aegina</a> (approximate date). Today, it is preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Glyptothek" title="Glyptothek"><i>Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek</i></a> in <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>.</li> <li>The sculpture of the <i><a href="/wiki/Kritios_Boy" title="Kritios Boy">Kritios Boy</a></i> is made on <a href="/wiki/Acropolis" title="Acropolis">Acropolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> (approximate date). It is now preserved in the <a href="/wiki/Acropolis_Museum" title="Acropolis Museum">Acropolis Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.</li> <li>Work begins on the detail <i>Musicians and Dancers</i> on a wall painting in the Tomb of the Lionesses in <a href="/wiki/Tarquinia" title="Tarquinia">Tarquinia</a>. It is finished some <a href="/wiki/470_BCE" class="mw-redirect" title="470 BCE">ten years later</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable noprint selfref">Transcluding articles: <a href="/wiki/489_BC" title="489 BC">489 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/488_BC" title="488 BC">488 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/487_BC" title="487 BC">487 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/486_BC" title="486 BC">486 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/485_BC" title="485 BC">485 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/484_BC" title="484 BC">484 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/483_BC" title="483 BC">483 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/482_BC" title="482 BC">482 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/481_BC" title="481 BC">481 BC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/480_BC" title="480 BC">480 BC</a></div> <p><b>487 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorgias" title="Gorgias">Gorgias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a> (approximate date) (d. c. <a href="/wiki/376_BC" title="376 BC">376 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>485 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>, Greek historian, is estimated to be born this year.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Some sources place the birth of <a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a> in this year, though the more traditional date is 480.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>484 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> of Halicarnassus, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a> (approximate date) (died c. <a href="/wiki/425_BC" title="425 BC">425 BC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaeus_of_Eretria" title="Achaeus of Eretria">Achaeus of Eretria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> tragedian</li></ul> <p><b>481 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protagoras" title="Protagoras">Protagoras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Pre-Socratic_philosophy" title="Pre-Socratic philosophy">presocratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a> (d. c. <a href="/wiki/420_BC" title="420 BC">420 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>480 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a> (traditional date) – <a href="/wiki/Euripides" title="Euripides">Euripides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Playwright" title="Playwright">playwright</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/406_BC" title="406 BC">406 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiphon_(orator)" title="Antiphon (orator)">Antiphon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attic</a> orator (d. <a href="/wiki/411_BC" title="411 BC">411 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra" title="Ezra">Ezra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> scribe and priest (d. c. <a href="/wiki/440_BCE" class="mw-redirect" title="440 BCE">440 BCE</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippodamus_of_Miletus" title="Hippodamus of Miletus">Hippodamus of Miletus</a>, Greek architect and urban planner (d. <a href="/wiki/408_BC" title="408 BC">408 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Buddha" title="The Buddha">Siddhartha Gautama</a> (suggested), <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Arama%E1%B9%87a" title="Śramaṇa">wandering ascetic</a> and religious teacher (d. <a href="/wiki/400_BC" title="400 BC">400 BC</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable noprint selfref">Transcluding articles: <a href="/wiki/489_BC" title="489 BC">489 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/488_BC" title="488 BC">488 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/487_BC" title="487 BC">487 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/486_BC" title="486 BC">486 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/485_BC" title="485 BC">485 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/484_BC" title="484 BC">484 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/483_BC" title="483 BC">483 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/482_BC" title="482 BC">482 BC</a>, <a href="/wiki/481_BC" title="481 BC">481 BC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/480_BC" title="480 BC">480 BC</a></div> <p><b>489 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cleomenes_I" title="Cleomenes I">Cleomenes I</a>, king of <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Sparta</a> (approximate date)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miltiades_the_Younger" class="mw-redirect" title="Miltiades the Younger">Miltiades</a>, Athenian general (b. c. <a href="/wiki/550_BC" title="550 BC">550 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>486 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Darius I">Darius I</a>, king of the Persian <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/550_BCE" class="mw-redirect" title="550 BCE">550 BCE</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spurius_Cassius_Vecellinus" title="Spurius Cassius Vecellinus">Spurius Cassius Vecellinus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">Roman consul</a> (executed)</li></ul> <p><b>485 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spurius_Cassius_Vecellinus" title="Spurius Cassius Vecellinus">Spurius Cassius Vecellinus</a>, three times <a href="/wiki/Roman_consul" title="Roman consul">Roman consul</a>.</li></ul> <p><b>484 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Zixu" title="Wu Zixu">Wu Zixu</a>, political advisor from <a href="/wiki/Chu_(state)" title="Chu (state)">Chu</a> who has been employed at the court of the <a href="/wiki/Wu_(state)" title="Wu (state)">State of Wu</a> during the reign of <a href="/wiki/King_Hel%C3%BC_of_Wu" class="mw-redirect" title="King Helü of Wu">King Helü of Wu</a>; all <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese people</a> with the surname <a href="/wiki/Wu_(surname)" title="Wu (surname)">Wu</a> consider him their first ancestor (born <a href="/wiki/526_BC" title="526 BC">526 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makkhali_Gosala" title="Makkhali Gosala">Makkhali Gosala</a> (according to historian <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Llewellyn_Basham" title="Arthur Llewellyn Basham">Arthur Llewellyn Basham</a>), Indian ascetic</li></ul> <p><b>483 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a>, Indian prince, founder of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/563_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="563 BC">563 BC</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>481 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sima_Niu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sima Niu (page does not exist)">Sima Niu</a>, the highest ranking <a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">aristocrat</a> among the disciples of <a href="/wiki/Confucius" title="Confucius">Confucius</a></li></ul> <p><b>480 BC</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_11" title="August 11">August 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_I" title="Leonidas I">Leonidas I</a>, Agiad King of Sparta (died at <a href="/wiki/Thermopylae" title="Thermopylae">Thermopylae</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xenophanes" title="Xenophanes">Xenophanes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_philosophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek philosophy">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosopher</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/570_BC" title="570 BC">570 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilcar" title="Hamilcar">Hamilcar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginian</a> general (suicide after his defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Himera_(480_BC)" title="Battle of Himera (480 BC)">Battle of Himera</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraclitus" title="Heraclitus">Heraclitus</a>, Greek philosopher (approximate year)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhong_You" title="Zhong You">Zhong You</a> (Zilu), a prominent <a href="/wiki/Disciple_of_Confucius" class="mw-redirect" title="Disciple of Confucius">disciple of Confucius</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/542_BC" title="542 BC">542 BC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintus_Fabius_Vibulanus_(consul_485_BC)" title="Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 485 BC)">Quintus Fabius 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