{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{Year nav|-485}} {{BC year in topic|485}} __NOTOC__ Year '''485 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Cornelius and Vibulanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 269 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 485 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
== Events == <onlyinclude>
=== By place ===
==== Persian Empire ==== * [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] is just beginning his reign after the death of his father [[Darius the Great]] in 486 BC.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sancisi-Weerdenburg |first1=Heleen |last2=Kuhrt |first2=Amélie |date=2016-03-07 |title=Xerxes I |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-6916 |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.6916 |isbn=978-0-19-938113-5 }}</ref> During this time the Persian empire extends as far west as [[Macedon]]ia and [[Libya]] and as far east as the [[Beas River|Hyphasis]] (Beas) River; it stretches to the [[Caucasus Mountains]] and the [[Aral Sea]] in the north and to the [[Persian Gulf]] and the [[Arabian Desert]] in the south.
==== Sicily ==== * [[Gelo]], the tyrant of [[Gela]], takes advantage of an appeal by the descendants of the first colonist of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], the Gamoroi, who had held power until they were expelled by the Killichiroi, the lower class of the city. He makes himself master of that city, leaving his brother [[Hiero I of Syracuse|Hieron]] to control Gela. </onlyinclude>
====Roman Republic==== * Three times [[Roman consul]] [[Spurius Cassius Vecellinus]] is tried, condemned and executed for [[perduellio|high treason]]. * The consul [[Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 485 BC)|Quintus Fabius Vibulanus]] defeated the [[Roman-Volscian wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_487_BC|Volsci]] and [[Aequi]] in battle, but incurred the anger of the plebs by lodging the spoils of victory with the ''[[Aerarium#Publicum|publicum]]''.
== Births == *[[Herodotus]], Greek historian, is estimated to be born this year.<ref>{{citation |last1=Baragwanath |first1=Emily |last2=Bakker |first2=Mathieu de |date=2009-12-14 |title=Herodotus |url=https://oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195389661/obo-9780195389661-0018.xml |language=en |pages=9780195389661–0018 |doi=10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0018 |work=Oxford Bibliographies|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *Some sources place the birth of [[Euripides]] in this year, though the more traditional date is 480.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Scharffenberger |first1=Elizabeth W. |title=Introduction: The Life of Euripides |date=2015-01-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004299818_002 |work=Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides |pages=12 |publisher=BRILL |doi=10.1163/9789004299818_002 |isbn=978-90-04-24937-0 |access-date=2022-09-23|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Deaths == * [[Spurius Cassius Vecellinus]], three times [[Roman consul]].
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