479 BC

Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC
Years:	482 BC 481 BC 480 BC - 479 BC - 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC

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The Persian invasion of Greece in 480-479 BC

**479 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	479 BC
Ab urbe condita	275
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2322 – -2321
Berber calendar	472
Buddhist calendar	66
Burmese calendar	-1116
Chinese calendar	2158/2218 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2159/2219 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-762 – -761
Ethiopian calendar	-486 – -485
Hebrew calendar	3282 – 3283
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-423 – -422
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2623 – 2624
Holocene calendar	9522
Iranian calendar	1100 BP – 1099 BP
Islamic calendar	1134 BH – 1133 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1855
Thai solar calendar	65
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[edit] Events

The Persian commander Mardonius, now based in Thessaly, wins support from Argus and western Arcadia. He tries to win over Athens but fails.
Mardonius attacks Athens once more and the Athenians are forced to retreat, whereupon he razes the city. The Spartans march north to support Athens against the Persians.
27 August — The Battle of Plataea in Boeotia ends the Persian invasions of Greece as the Persian general Mardonius is routed by the Greeks under Pausanias, nephew of the former Spartan King, Leonidas I. The Athenian contingent is led by the repatriated Aristides. Mardonius is killed in the battle and the Greeks capture enormous amounts of booty. Thebes is captured shortly thereafter and the Theban collaborators executed by Pausanias.
27 August — Meanwhile at sea, the Persians are defeated by a Greek fleet headed by Leotychidas of Sparta and Xanthippus of Athens in the Battle of Mycale, off the coast of Lydia in Asia Minor.