What happened in 480 BC?
16 recorded events in 480 BC, including 9 in people and 7 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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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
Siege of Potidaea (Wars & Conflicts).
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People 9
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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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