485 BC

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Year of the Fire Dragon丙辰( at the beginning of the year wood rabbit乙卯)

Events

  • Quintus Fabius Vibulanus from the patrician family of the Fabians is Consul of the Roman Republic.
  • Gelon, tyrant of Gela, uses a call for help of landowners from Syracuse to became the all- ruler of the city. He leaves his brother Hiero I. rule over Gela.

Born

  • 490/485 BC: Gorgias Leontinoi, Greek rhetoric teacher and philosopher ( † about 396/390 BC)
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