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 Onesimos are created. |
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| 485 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 59/60 (southern Buddhism); 58/59 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle , year of the fire dragon丙辰 ( at the beginning of the year wooden rabbit 乙卯) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 73rd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3276/77 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCLXIX (269) |
| Ongoing events | |
| Persian Wars against Greece (since 500 BC) | |
| Nok culture in Africa (since around 500 BC) | |
| Sa Huynh culture in Central and South Vietnam (since around 500 BC) | |
| 27th Dynasty (Persian rule) (since 525 BC) during the Late Period in Egypt (since 664 BC) | |
Attic vase painting in Greece:
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| Iron Age III in Israel (since 587 BC) | |
| Hallstatt period HaD in Europe (since 650 BC) | |
| Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC) | |
| Dong-Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC) | |
| Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC) | |
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Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC)
Classical era in Greece (since approx. 500 BC) Strict style (since approx. 490 BC ) |
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| La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) | |
Events
Politics and world events
Greek colonies
Gelon , the tyrant of Gela from the Deinomeniden family , uses a cry for help from the landowners of Syracuse , who have been driven out by the population, to make himself ruler of the city. He leaves the rule over Gela to his brother Hieron I. He strengthens Syracuse and his power there by relocating half of the inhabitants of Gela there and expanding the army and the navy.
Roman Republic
- According to tradition, Quintus Fabius Vibulanus from the patrician family of the Fabians became consul of the Roman Republic together with Servius Cornelius Maluginensis Cossus from the Cornelier family .
- According to consistent sources, Spurius Cassius Vecellinus from the Gens Cassia will be tried, convicted and executed after the end of his third consulate in Rome after he is suspected of striving for sole rule.
Persian Empire / Egypt
The uprising of Egypt against the Achaemenid Empire under Xerxes I , led by Psammetich IV since the previous year, continues.
Culture
- The last works of the Athenian vase painter Onesimos are created.
Born
- 490 / v 485 interface. Chr .: Gorgias , Greek rhetoric teacher and philosopher († around 396 / 390 V. Chr. )
- 485/ 484 / 480 BC. Chr .: Euripides , Greek playwright († 406 BC )
Died
- Spurius Cassius Vecellinus , Roman consul