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King Xerxes I of Persia sets out to conquer Greece.
Cimon and his friends burn horse-bridles as an offering to Athena and join the marines
August 11 - The Battle of Thermopylae, a victory by Persians over the Greek
Pleistarchus succeeds his father Leonidas I as king of Sparta.
August - Battle of Artemisium - The Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet.
September 23 - Battle of Salamis between Greece and Persia, leading to a Greek victory
Battle of Himera - The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
Roman troops march against the Veintes.

Euripides, Greek playwright.
Antiphon, Attic orator.
Philolaus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (+ circa 405 BC) (estimated date).