# 485 BC

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Calendar year

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485 BC in various calendars Gregorian calendar 485 BC CDLXXXV BC Ab urbe condita 269 Ancient Egypt era XXVII dynasty, 41 - Pharaoh Xerxes I of Persia, 1 Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 73rd Olympiad, year 4 Assyrian calendar 4266 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −1078 – −1077 Berber calendar 466 Buddhist calendar 60 Burmese calendar −1122 Byzantine calendar 5024–5025 Chinese calendar 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2213 or 2006 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2214 or 2007 Coptic calendar −768 – −767 Discordian calendar 682 Ethiopian calendar −492 – −491 Hebrew calendar 3276–3277 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat −428 – −427 - Shaka Samvat N/A - Kali Yuga 2616–2617 Holocene calendar 9516 Iranian calendar 1106 BP – 1105 BP Islamic calendar 1140 BH – 1139 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar N/A Korean calendar 1849 Minguo calendar 2396 before ROC 民前2396年 Nanakshahi calendar −1952 Thai solar calendar 58–59 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Wood-Hare) −358 or −739 or −1511 — to — མེ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dragon) −357 or −738 or −1510

Year **485 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/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](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 485 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Persian Empire

- [Xerxes I](/source/Xerxes_I_of_Persia) is just beginning his reign after the death of his father [Darius the Great](/source/Darius_the_Great) in 486 BC.[1] During this time the Persian empire extends as far west as [Macedonia](/source/Macedon) and [Libya](/source/Libya) and as far east as the [Hyphasis](/source/Beas_River) (Beas) River; it stretches to the [Caucasus Mountains](/source/Caucasus_Mountains) and the [Aral Sea](/source/Aral_Sea) in the north and to the [Persian Gulf](/source/Persian_Gulf) and the [Arabian Desert](/source/Arabian_Desert) in the south.

#### Sicily

- [Gelo](/source/Gelo), the tyrant of [Gela](/source/Gela), takes advantage of an appeal by the descendants of the first colonist of [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_Sicily), 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 [Hieron](/source/Hiero_I_of_Syracuse) to control Gela.

#### Roman Republic

- Three times [Roman consul](/source/Roman_consul) [Spurius Cassius Vecellinus](/source/Spurius_Cassius_Vecellinus) is tried, condemned and executed for [high treason](/source/Perduellio).

- The consul [Quintus Fabius Vibulanus](/source/Quintus_Fabius_Vibulanus_(consul_485_BC)) defeated the [Volsci](/source/Roman-Volscian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_487_BC) and [Aequi](/source/Aequi) in battle, but incurred the anger of the plebs by lodging the spoils of victory with the *[publicum](/source/Aerarium#Publicum)*.

## Births

- [Herodotus](/source/Herodotus), Greek historian, is estimated to be born this year.[2]

- Some sources place the birth of [Euripides](/source/Euripides) in this year, though the more traditional date is 480.[3]

## Deaths

- [Spurius Cassius Vecellinus](/source/Spurius_Cassius_Vecellinus), three times [Roman consul](/source/Roman_consul).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Sancisi-Weerdenburg, Heleen; Kuhrt, Amélie (March 7, 2016). ["Xerxes I"](https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-6916). *Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics*. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.6916](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199381135.013.6916). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-938113-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-938113-5). Retrieved September 22, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Baragwanath, Emily; Bakker, Mathieu de (December 14, 2009), ["Herodotus"](https://oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195389661/obo-9780195389661-0018.xml), *Oxford Bibliographies*, pp. 9780195389661–0018, [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0018](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fobo%2F9780195389661-0018)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Scharffenberger, Elizabeth W. (January 1, 2015), ["Introduction: The Life of Euripides"](https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004299818_002), *Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides*, BRILL, p. 12, [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/9789004299818_002](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F9789004299818_002), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-24937-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-24937-0), retrieved September 23, 2022{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_work_parameter_with_ISBN))

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