What happened in 480 BC?
Battle of Thermopylae, Battle of Salamis and Battle of Artemisium — among 30 events recorded in 480 BC.
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Wars & Conflicts 10
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Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece
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Battle of Himera
Decisive Greek victory in 480 BCE
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Second Persian invasion of Greece
Invasion during the Greco-Persian Wars
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First Sicilian War
480 BC war
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Battle of Veii
480 BCE battle
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Siege of Olynthus
480 BCE siege
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Siege of Potidaea
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Battle of Salamis
480 BCE naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire
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Battle of Artemisium
480 BCE naval battle
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Persian destruction of Athens
Persian siege and destruction of Athens (480–479 BCE)
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People 10
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Damasithymus died
King of Calyndos, Caria (died 480 BC)
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Mahapajapati Gotami died
Disciple of Gautama Buddha
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Appius Claudius Sabinus Inregillensis died
Roman consul in 495 BC
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Onomacritus died
5th-century BC Athenian compiler of oracles
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Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus died
Roman general, consul in 480 BC
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Ariabignes died
Persian admiral and prince (died 480 BC)
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Demophilus of Thespiae died
Greek officer at Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC
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Abrocomes died
Son of King Darius I (died 480 BC)
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Eurytus of Sparta died
Spartan soldier (died 480 BC)
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Leonidas I died
Died in Thermopylae. King of Sparta from c. 489 BC to 480 BC.
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Tomb of the Leopards
Etruscan burial complex
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