480s BC

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

489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC

Events and trends

* 489 BC - Euripides writes Orestes and The Cyclops Cities of Rhodes unite and start construction of the new city of Rhodes.
* 488 BC - Leonidas I succeeds his brother Cleomenes I as king of Sparta after Cleomenes is judged insane.
* 487 BC - Egypt revolts against the Persians.
* 487 BC - Aegina and Athens go to war.
* 487 BC - Athenian Archonship becomes elective by lot, an important milestone in the move towards radical Athenian democracy.
* 486 BC - First part of the Grand Canal of China is built.
* 486 BC - Xerxes I succeeds Darius I as Great King of Persia.
* 486 BC - Egypt revolts against Persian rule.
* 486 BC - First Buddhist Council at Rajagaha, under the patronage of King Ajatasattu. Oral tradition established for the first time.
* October, 485 BC - Xerxes I succeeds Darius as King of Persia.
* 484 BC - Athenian playwright Aeschylus wins a poetry prize.
* 484 BC - Xerxes I abolishes the Kingdom of Babel and removes the golden statue of Bel (Marduk, Merodach).
* 484 BC - Persians regain control of Egypt.
* 483 BC - Xerxes I of Persia starts planning his expedition against Greece.
* 481 BC - The Congress at the Isthmus of Corinth ends a war between Athens and Aegina.
* 480 BC - King Xerxes I of Persia sets out to conquer Greece.
* 480 BC - Cimon and his friends burn horse-bridles as an offering to Athena and join the marines.
* 480 BC - Pleistarchus succeeds his father Leonidas I as king of Sparta.
* August, 480 BC - Battle of Artemisium - The Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet.
* August 11, 480 BC The Battle of Thermopylae, a victory by Persians over the Greeks.
* September 23, 480 BC - Battle of Salamis between Greece and Persia, leading to a Greek victory.
* 480 BC - Battle of Himera - The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
* 480 BC - Roman troops march against the Veintes.

Significant People

* Marcus Fabius, Roman Consul.

Births

* 489 BC - Eudoxus of Cnidus, early mathematician and adherent of Pythagoras Dion, student of Plato and tyrant of Syracuse.
* 484 BC - Herodotus, Greek historian.
* 484 BC - Achaeus of Eretria, a Greek tragedian, was born in the town of Eretria in the island of Euboea.
* 483 BC - Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date).
* 481 BC - Protagoras - Greek presocratic philosopher.
* 480 BC - Euripides, Greek playwright.
* 480 BC - Antiphon, Attic orator.
* 480 BC - Philolaus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (+ circa 405 BC) (estimated date).

Deaths

* 488 BC - Miltiades, Athenian general.
* 485 BC - Darius I, ruler of ancient Persia.
* May, 483 BC - Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism.
* 481 BC - Ssu-ma Niu - highest ranking aristocrat among disciples of Confucius.
* 480 BC - Leonidas I, king of Sparta.
* 480 BC - Xenophanes, Greek philosopher.

References

Livy Book 2