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250 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	250 BC CCL BC
Ab urbe condita	504
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 74
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34
Ancient Greek era	132nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4501
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−843 – −842
Berber calendar	701
Buddhist calendar	295
Burmese calendar	−887
Byzantine calendar	5259–5260
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242
Coptic calendar	−533 – −532
Discordian calendar	917
Ethiopian calendar	−257 – −256
Hebrew calendar	3511–3512
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−193 – −192
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2851–2852
Holocene calendar	9751
Iranian calendar	871 BP – 870 BP
Islamic calendar	898 BH – 897 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2084
Minguo calendar	2161 before ROC 民前2161年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1717
Seleucid era	62/63 AG
Thai solar calendar	293–294
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275

483 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	483 BC CDLXXXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	271
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 43
- Pharaoh	Xerxes I of Persia, 3
Ancient Greek era	74th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4268
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1076 – −1075
Berber calendar	468
Buddhist calendar	62
Burmese calendar	−1120
Byzantine calendar	5026–5027
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 2215 or 2008 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 2216 or 2009
Coptic calendar	−766 – −765
Discordian calendar	684
Ethiopian calendar	−490 – −489
Hebrew calendar	3278–3279
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−426 – −425
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2618–2619
Holocene calendar	9518
Iranian calendar	1104 BP – 1103 BP
Islamic calendar	1138 BH – 1137 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1851
Minguo calendar	2394 before ROC 民前2394年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1950
Thai solar calendar	60–61
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) −356 or −737 or −1509 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) −355 or −736 or −1508

Xerxes I of Persia is encouraged by his cousin and brother-in-law, Mardonius, supported by a strong party of exiled Greeks, to take revenge for the defeat that Darius I suffered at the hands of the Greeks at Marathon in 490 BC. In response, Xerxes prepares for a major expedition to crush the Greeks. To avoid a repeat of the significant losses to the Persian fleet that occurred in 492 BC, Xerxes has a canal cut through the promontory of Mount Athos.

The Athenian archon Themistocles realises that the Greeks need to be able to beat the Persians at sea. To carry out this strategy, however, Athens needs far more warships (that is to say the newly developed, specialised triremes) than the 70 it has. Themistocles is initially opposed by other Athenian leaders. However, when the state-owned silver mines at Laurium become the site of a rich strike, Themistocles persuades the assembly, instead of "declaring a dividend," to devote the whole surplus to increasing the navy to a proposed 200 ships.

The Buddhist relics are divided into 8 portions and placed in 8 reliquaries. Each reliquary is then encased in its own burial mound, called stupa. King Ashoka opens the original 8 stupas and divides their relics among many more stupas, probably including the one at Sanchi (approximate date).

Gelon, the tyrant of Syracuse conquers the nearby Sicilian cities of Euboea and Megara Hyblaea, selling their common people into slavery and bringing their oligarchs to Syracuse.