Editing 482 BC

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Year '''482 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 Vibulanus and Iullus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 272 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consuls of the Roman Republic |url=https://sites.ualberta.ca/~csmackay/Consuls.List.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=sites.ualberta.ca}}</ref> The denomination 482 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 ===

==== Greece ====
* The Athenian [[archon]] [[Themistocles]] secures the [[ostracism]] of his opponents and becomes the political leader of [[Athens]]. The Athenian soldier and statesman, [[Aristides]], is one of those ostracised due to his opposition to Themistocles' naval policy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plutarch • Life of Themistocles |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Themistocles*.html#ref9 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Richard |first=Carl J. |url=http://archive.org/details/twelvegreeksroma00carl |title=Twelve Greeks and Romans who changed the world |date=2003 |publisher=Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7425-2790-4 |pages=60}}</ref>

==== China ====
* While [[King Fuchai of Wu]] attends a meeting in [[Huangchi]], in an attempt to gain hegemony over all the other duchies of [[Zhou dynasty]] China, his capital city in the [[Wu (state)|State of Wu]] is captured in a surprise assault by [[King Goujian of Yue]]. In [[473 BC]] the State of Wu will be annexed by the [[Yue (state)|State of Yue]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Durrant|last2= Li|last3= Schaberg |first1=Stephen W.|first2= Wai-yee|first3= David |title=Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the “Spring and Autumn Annals.” |publisher=University of Washington Press |year=2016|oclc=950901588}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=1. Handa, 2. Yuzhang |first=1. Lin, 2. Cao |title=Tales from 5000 years of Chinese History, Volume 1 |publisher=Better Link Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-60220-112-5 |pages=51}}</ref>

==== Rome ====
* Continuation of [[Roman-Aequian_wars#Ongoing_hostilities_from_485_BC|hostilities]] with the [[Aequi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 2, chapter 42 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=2:chapter=42 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>
* Continuation of [[Roman–Etruscan Wars#The Fabian war with Veii in 483-476 BC|hostilities]] with [[Veii]]. The Veientine army enters Roman territory and ravages the countryside.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 2, chapter 42 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=2:chapter=42 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
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== References ==
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