480 BC

480 BC - Events. King Xerxes I of Persia sets out to conquer Greece. Cimon and his friends burn horse-bridles as an offering to Athena and join the marines August 11 - The Battle of Thermopylae, a victory by Persians over the Greek Pleistarchus succeeds his father Leonidas I as king of Sparta. August - Battle of Artemisium - The Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet. September 23 - Battle of Salamis between Greece and Persia, lea ...

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Aeschylus (525 BC—456 BC; Greek: Αἰσχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece. Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus - Biography. Born in Eleusis, a district of Athens, he wrote his first plays in 498 BC, but his earliest surviving play is possibly The Suppliants, written in approximately 490 BC. That same year, he participated in the Battle of Ma ...

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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 Years: 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC - 485 BC - 484 BC - 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC 485 BC - Events. October - Xerxes I succeeds to the Persian throne. 485 BC - Births. Herodotus of Halicarnassus 485 BC - Deaths. Including:

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Ampelakia (Greek: Αμπελάκια, meaning vineyards), also Ambelakia or Abelakia is the capital city of the second municipality of Salamis and is in the southeastern part. It has a population of 6,000. Ampelakia has a very long history. There is the Ampelakia Bay it had been done the famous battleship of Salamina in 480 BC where the Greek ships have defeated the great Persian fleet of the Xerxes. Moreover there are many remnants of the ancient town of Salamina which was financially strong between 350 and 318 BC when ...

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The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and th ...

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Ancient warfare is war as conducted from the beginnings of history to the end of the ancient period. In Europe, the end of antiquity is often equated with the fall of Rome in 476. In China, it can also be seen as ending in the fifth century, with the growing role of mounted warriors needed to counter the ever-growing threat from the north. Ancient warfare - Overview. The difference between prehistoric and ancient warfare is less one of technology than of organization. The development of first city-states, a ...

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The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least 3,000 years. It was the birthplace of democracy and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC. Its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilisation. During the Middle Ages, Athens experienced decline and then a recovery under the Byzantine Empire. Athens was relatively prosperous during the Crusades, benefiting from Italian trade. After a long period o ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC - 479 BC - 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 479 BC - Events. Battle of Plataea ends the Persian Wars in Greece. Battle of Mycale 479 BC - Births. 479 BC - Deaths. August 27 - Confucius, philosopher. His descendants are known today (77th generation). Ma ...

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Andros, or Andro (Greek: Άνδρος), an island of the Greek archipelago, the most northerly of the Cyclades, approximately 10 km (6 miles) south east of Euboea, and about 3 km (about 2 miles) north of Tinos. It is nearly 40 km (25 miles) long, and its greatest breadth is 16 km 10 miles. Its surface is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and well-watered valleys. Andros, the capital, on the east coast, contained about 2000 inhabitants in 1900. The island had about 18,000 inhabitants in (1900) with the den ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 480 BC 479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC - 475 BC - 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC 470 BC 475 BC - Events. Zhou Yuan Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 475 BC - Births. 475 BC - Deaths. Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek philosopher ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC 479 BC 478 BC - 477 BC - 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 477 BC - Events. The Delian league is inaugurated (see also Athenian Empire) 477 BC - Births. Including:

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC Years: 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC 479 BC - 478 BC - 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 478 BC - Events. Foundation of the Delian League. 478 BC - Births. Including:

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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 Years: 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC - 483 BC - 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC 479 BC 478 BC 483 BC - Events. Xerxes I of Persia starts planning his expedition against Greece. 483 BC - Births. Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date) 483 BC - Deaths. May ...

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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 Years: 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC - 484 BC - 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC 479 BC 484 BC - Events. Aeschylus, Athenian playwright, wins the Athenian Prize Xerxes I abolishes the Kingdom of Babel and removes the golden statue of Bel (Marduk, Merodach). ...

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Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek: Ξενοφάνης, 570 BC-480 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are fragments passed down as quotations by later Greek writers. His poetry criticized and satirized a wide range of ideas, including the belief in the pantheon of anthropomorphic gods and the Greeks' veneration of athleticism. Xenophanes rejected the then-standard belief in many gods, as well as the idea that the gods resembled ...

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Carthage (from the Phoenician Qart-Hadasht "New City" (written without vowels as QRT HDŠT قرت-حدش or קרת חדשת), was an ancient city in North Africa located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis, across from the center of modern Tunis in Tunisia. It remains a popular tourist attraction. Carthage - Founding of Carthage. In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Traditionally, the city was founded ...

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Victory disease happens when a nation, army or commander has previous military victories and falls for some combination of: arrogance, also known as hubris, complacency, established patterns of fighting, stereotypes of opponents, and / or ignorance of alternatives or refusal to recognize them, and loses badly as result. In each case, the attacker is led to believe in a sense of military invincibility, and comes to ultimate disaster. While "victory disease" does not aut ...

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Corfu (ancient and modern Greek Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, Latin Corcyra; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an island of Greece, in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Albania, from which it is separated by a strait varying in breadth from less than 2 to about 15 miles (3 to 25 km) including one near Albania near Butrint and a longer one west of Thesprotia. It has ferry services to the rest of Greece with Igoumenitsa and Gaios in the island of Paxoi and as far as Patras. There is also a small port in ...

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The Dardanelles (Greek: Δαρδανελλια, Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı), formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. It is located at approximately 40°13′N 26°26′E. The strait is 61 km (38 miles) long but only 1.2 to 6 km (0.75 to 4 miles) wide, averaging 55 m (180 ft) deep with a maximum depth of 82 m (300 ft). Water flows in both directions along the strait, from the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean via a surface current ...

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The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between the Greek city-states and Persia, fought in September, 480 BC in the straits between Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, Greece. Battle of Salamis - Background. The Athenians had fled to Salamis after the Battle of Thermopylae in August, 480 BC, while the Persians occupied and burned their city. The Greek fleet joined them there in August after the indecisive Battle of Artemisium. The Spartans wanted to return to the Peloponne ...

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