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This article concerns the period 489 BC – 480 BC.
Births
487 BC
- Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 376 BC)
485 BC
- Herodotus, Greek historian, is estimated to be born this year.[1]
- Some sources place the birth of Euripides in this year, though the more traditional date is 480.[2]
484 BC
- Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Greek historian (approximate date) (died c. 425 BC)[3]
- Achaeus of Eretria, Greek tragedian
481 BC
- Protagoras, Greek presocratic philosopher (d. c. 420 BC)
480 BC
- September 22 (traditional date) – Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC)
- Antiphon, Attic orator (d. 411 BC)
- Ezra, Jewish scribe and priest (d. c. 440 BCE)
- Hippodamus of Miletus, Greek architect and urban planner (d. 408 BC)
- Siddhartha Gautama (suggested), wandering ascetic and religious teacher (d. 400 BC)
Deaths
489 BC
- Cleomenes I, king of Sparta (approximate date)
- Miltiades, Athenian general (b. c. 550 BC)
486 BC
- Darius I, king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire (b. 550 BCE)[4]
- Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, Roman consul (executed)
485 BC
- Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, three times Roman consul.
484 BC
- Wu Zixu, political advisor from Chu who has been employed at the court of the State of Wu during the reign of King Helü of Wu; all Chinese people with the surname Wu consider him their first ancestor (born 526 BC)
- Makkhali Gosala (according to historian Arthur Llewellyn Basham), Indian ascetic
483 BC
- Gautama Buddha, Indian prince, founder of Buddhism (b. c. 563 BC)
481 BC
- Sima Niu, the highest ranking aristocrat among the disciples of Confucius
480 BC
- August 11 – Leonidas I, Agiad King of Sparta (died at Thermopylae)
- Xenophanes, Greek philosopher (b. 570 BC)
- Hamilcar, Carthaginian general (suicide after his defeat in the Battle of Himera)
- Heraclitus, Greek philosopher (approximate year)[5]
- Zhong You (Zilu), a prominent disciple of Confucius (b. 542 BC)
- Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, a former consul (twice) of Rome, dies in battle against Veii.
- Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus, Roman consul, dies in battle against Veii.
- Lady Nanzi, Chinese Duchess ruler.
References
[edit]- ^ Baragwanath, Emily; Bakker, Mathieu de (2009-12-14), "Herodotus", Oxford Bibliographies, pp. 9780195389661–0018, doi:10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0018
- ^ "Introduction: The Life of Euripides", Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides, BRILL, p. 12, 2015-01-01, retrieved 2022-09-23
- ^ Smith, William, ed. (1873). "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Hero'dotus". www.perseus.tufts.edu. London: John Murray. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Boyce, Mary (1982-01-01), "Darius the Great (522-486 B.c.)", A History of Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism under the Achaemenians, Brill, pp. 90–131, doi:10.1163/9789004293908_008, ISBN 978-90-04-29390-8, retrieved 2023-09-07
- ^ "Heraclitus". Encyclopædia Britannica. February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.