479 BC
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC
Years: 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC - 479 BC - 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC
Events
- Battle of Plataea ends the Persian Wars in Greece.
- Battle of Mycale
Births
Deaths
- August 27 - Confucius, philosopher. His descendants are known today (77th generation).
- Mardonius - Persian commander at Plataea
- Ephialtes - betrayer of Greece at the Battle of Thermopylae
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