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A Chronological Table, From Earliest Time Up to Date: Ostracism

B. C. 483 Aristides banished from Athens by the Ostracism. 480 The Spartans, under Leonidas, cut to pieces at Thermopylæ. Naval victory gained by the Greeks over the Persians at Salamis. 479 Attica laid waste, and Athens burnt, by Mardonius. Victories over the Persians at Platea and Mycale.

Xerxes leaves Greece. 477 300 Fabii killed by the Veientes. 476 Themistocles rebuilds Athens.

Valerius triumphs over the Veientes and Sabines.

The Roman Citizens numbered at 103,000.

A great eruption of Ætna.

Hiero King of Syracuse. 471 Volero, the Roman Tribune, obtains a law for the election of Magistrates in the comitia held by tribes.