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 Battle of Thermopylae (/ θ ər ˈ m ɒ p ɪ l iː / thər-MOP-i-lee) [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.

2025年3月21日 · The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle in 480 BCE in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae. It was fought between Greek and Persian forces during the Greco-Persian Wars.

The Battle of Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s / SAL-ə-miss) was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes. It resulted in a victory for the outnumbered Greeks.

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.

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

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.

2019年3月12日 · The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between 300 Spartans and the Persian Empire in 480 BCE. Read the timeline, dates, and events here.

Much is made of the heroic stand by Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The sacrifice of the Spartan king and hundreds of troops was significant insofar as it delayed the Persian army’s march.

Battle of Artemisium, (480 bc), during the Greco-Persian Wars, a Persian naval victory over the Greeks in an engagement fought near Artemisium, a promontory on the north coast of Euboea. The Greek fleet held its own against the Persians in three days of fighting but withdrew southward when news came of the defeat at Thermopylae .