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Year '''484 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 Mamercus and Vibulanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 270 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 484 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Persian Empire ====
* [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] quells the Egyptian revolt against [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] rule. He ravages the Delta region in the process and then appoints his brother [[Achaemenes (satrap)|Achaemenes]] [[satrap]] (governor) of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
* Despite an attempt at rebellion, the land and city of [[Babylon]] remains solidly under Persian rule.

==== Greece ====
* The Athenian general and statesman, [[Xanthippus]], is [[Ostracism|ostracised]].
* [[Astylos of Croton]] wins the [[stadion race]] for a second time at the 74th [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].

==== Rome ====
* The Romans [[Roman-Aequian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_485_BC|defeat]] the [[Volsci]] and [[Aequi]] in battle.
* Dedication of the [[Temple of Castor and Pollux]]<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab urbe condita (book)|Ab urbe condita]]'', 2.42</ref>

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==== Literature ====
* The Athenian playwright, [[Aeschylus]], wins first prize in drama at the [[Dionysia]] festival.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Freeman |first=Charles |title=The Greek achievement: the Foundation of the Western World |date=1999 |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-0-670-88515-2 |location=New York, NY |pages=241}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Herodotus]] of Halicarnassus, [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[historian]] (approximate date) (died c. [[425 BC]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=1873 |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=William |title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Hero'dotus |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=herodotus-bio-1 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu |publisher=John Murray |place=London}}</ref>
* [[Achaeus of Eretria]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] tragedian

== Deaths ==
* [[Wu Zixu]], political advisor from [[Chu (state)|Chu]] who has been employed at the court of the [[Wu (state)|State of Wu]] during the reign of [[King Helü of Wu]]; all [[Chinese people]] with the surname [[Wu (surname)|Wu]] consider him their first ancestor (born [[526 BC]])
* [[Makkhali Gosala]] (according to historian [[Arthur Llewellyn Basham]]), Indian ascetic

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