480s BC

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Millennia:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC
Years:	489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Template:Events by Year for Decade BC

[edit] Births

• 484 BC — Herodotus, Greek historian
• 484 BC — Achaeus of Eretria, a Greek tragedian, was born in the town of Eretria in the island of Euboea
• 483 BC — Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date)
• 481 BC — Protagoras — Greek presocratic philosopher
• 480 BC — Euripides, Greek playwright
• 480 BC — Antiphon, Attic orator
• c. 480 BC — Philolaus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (d. c. 405 BC)

[edit] Deaths

• 488 BC — Miltiades, Athenian general
• 485 BC — Darius I, ruler of ancient Persia
• May, 483 BC — Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism
• 481 BC — Ssu-ma Niu — highest ranking aristocrat among disciples of Confucius
• 480 BC — Leonidas I, king of Sparta
• 480 BC — Xenophanes, Greek philosopher

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