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Centuries:
6th century BC - '''
5th century BC''' -
4th century BC
Decades:
530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - '''
480s BC''' -
470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC
Years:
485 BC 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC - ''' 480 BC''' -
479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC
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'''Events'''
* King
Xerxes I of
Persia sets out to conquer
Greece.
*
Cimon and his mates burn horse-bridles as offering to
Athena and join marines
*
August 11 Battle of Thermopylae.
*
Pleistarchus succeeds his father Leonidas as king of
Sparta.
*
August Battle of Artemisium Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet.
*
September 23 Battle of Salamis.
*
Persian invasion of
Corfu.
*
Battle of Himera The
Carthaginians under
Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of
Sicily, led by
Gelon of Syracuse.
'''Births'''
*
Euripides,
Greek playwright.
*
Antiphon,
Attic orator.
*
Philolaus,
Greek mathematician and philosopher (+ circa
405 BC) (estimated date).
'''Deaths'''
*
Leonidas and 300
Spartans (died at
Thermopylae).
*
Nabu-rimanni,
Chaldean astronomer and mathematician (estimated date).
