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| 479 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 65/66 (southern Buddhism); 64/65 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle year of the water dog壬戌 ( at the beginning of the year metal rooster 辛酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 75th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3282/83 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCLXXV (275) |
Events
Politics and world events
Persian Wars
In order to drive a wedge between the allied Greeks , the Persian general Mardonios submitted a peace offer to Athens , but this was rejected. Thereupon he lets the city devastate again .
In the battle of Plataiai , the Greeks, led by the Spartan general Pausanias, decisively win over the Persians under Mardonios , who falls in the battle. The battle marks the end of the Persian attempts to conquer Greece .
The Spartan King Leotychidas II and the Athenian general Xanthippos defeat the Persians in the Battle of Mykale . The Greeks destroy the remains of the Persian fleet that survived the sea battle at Salamis last year. The fight takes place on land as the Persian ships have been pulled ashore under the protection of the army.
Pentecontaetie begins with the end of the Persian Wars .
Roman Republic
- Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus from the patrician family of the Fabians becomes consul of the Roman Republic for the third time .
Chinese Empire
- The Chinese state of Chu conquers the state of Chen at the transition from the time of the spring and autumn annals to the time of the Warring States .
