Year 480 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Cincinnatus (or, less frequently, year 274 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 480 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in ...

The Battle of Thermopylae () [14] was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian invasion of Greece and the wider Greco-Persian Wars. War be like:

2025年3月21日 · The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae in 480 BCE during the Persian Wars. After three days resisting the much larger Persian army of Xerxes I, Greek forces were betrayed by Ephialtes and sent into retreat by their leader, Leonidas, who died during a final stand.

After his great victory in the Battle of Marathon, Miltiades leads a naval expedition to Paros to pay off a private score. However, the expedition is unsuccessful and, on his return, he is fined in a prosecution led by Xanthippus and put in prison where he dies of wounds received at Paros.

Year 480 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. May – King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedonia. A force of 10,000 Greeks goes to the Vale of Tempe. August 11 – The Battle of Thermopylae ends in victory for the Persians under Xerxes.

What happened and who was notable in 480 BC? Browse important events, world leaders, notable birthdays, and tragic deaths from the year 480 BC.

2023年1月25日 · In 480 BC, a small force of Spartan warriors led by King Leonidas held off an overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae. Here's the true story.

The Classical Period, spanning from the aftermath of the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, stands as a cornerstone of Western civilization, shaping its politics, architecture, sculpture, …

Archaic Greece, a pivotal epoch in the history of ancient Greece, unfolded between c. 800 BC and the second Persian invasion in 480 BC. This era marked a transformative phase characterized by significant developments in various aspects of Greek …

2021年9月21日 · While the land armies were clashing at Thermopylae, the fleets were fighting at Artemisium in the strait between Euboea and Mount Pelion in far less decisive actions. But it was the fleet which broke the momentum of the Persian advance in September 480, probably about a month after the battle of Thermopylae.