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
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
Births
(approximate date).
Deaths
References
Livy Book 2
480s BC
480'erne f.Kr. | Años 480 adC | K. a. 480ko hamarkada | Années -480 | Década de 480 a.C. | 480. pr. n. št. | 480-luku eaa | MA 480. yıllar | 前480年代