What is 480 BC?
{{Year nav|-480}} [[File:Persian invasion.png|thumb|The Persian invasion of Greece in 480–479 BCE]] __NOTOC__ Year '''480 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Greece ==== * May &ndash; King [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]] marches from [[Sardis]] and onto [[Thrace]] and [[Macedon]]ia. * A force of 10,000 Greeks goes to the [[Vale of Tempe]]. * [[August 11]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Thermopylae]] ends in victory for the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] under Xerxes. * [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]] becomes regent for Leonidas' son, [[Pleistarchus]], after [[Leonidas I]] is killed at [[Thermopylae]]. * [[Phocis]] and the coasts of [[Euboea]] are ruined by the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]]. [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] and most of [[Boeotia]] join Xerxes. * King [[Alexander I of Macedon]] must join [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]] in a battle through [[Ancient Greece|Greece]]. * August &ndash; The [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] win over the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] in the [[Battle of Artemisium]]. * [[September 21]] &ndash; The [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] sack [[Athens]]. The people leave to [[Salamis Island|Salamis]] and then [[Peloponnese|Peloponnesus]]. * [[September 28]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Salamis]] brings victory to the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]]. ==== Roman Republic ==== * [[Roman Republic|Roman]] troops march against the [[Veii|Veintes]]. ==== Sicily ==== * Xerxes wants the Carthaginians to attack the Greeks in Sicily. [[Carthage]] sends across a large army. * The Greek city of [[Himera]] asks for Carthaginian support in its fight with [[Agrigento|Akragas]]. With the help of [[Gelo]], the Carthaginians are defeated in the [[Battle of Himera (480 BCE)|Battle of Himera]]. After the defeat, Hamilcar kills himself. ==== Persian empire ==== * The Imperial treasury at the [[Persepolis]] Palace is completed after a building time of thirty years. === By topic === ==== Arts ==== * The [[Archaic period in Gre