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Year of the Earth horse戊午( at the beginning of the year Fire Snake丁巳)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Persian Wars

  • The Persian Great King Xerxes I prepared after the suppression of the uprising in Egypt before another campaign against the Greek city-states. Among other things, he ordered the construction of a canal through the isthmus of Athos, which will take three years to complete. He wants to avoid a disaster as nine years earlier, when the Persian fleet has failed because of a storm off Mount Athos.
  • Aristides, the enemy fleet plans of Themistocles, is banished by ostracism from Athens.

Western Mediterranean

  • Marcus Fabius Vibulanus from the patrician family of the Fabians is Consul of the Roman Republic.
  • Theron, tyrant of Akragas, conquered the city of Himera nordsizilische and distributes the local tyrants Terillos of Himera.

Died

  • ( according to the corrected long chronology ): Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism
April 2014 List of centuries 3rd century BC 493 BC 487 BC 482 BC 479 BC 473 BC History of Athens Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Olympiad Xerxes I. 492 BC Fabia (gens) Roman consul Theron of Acragas Terillus
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