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Buddha - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (300 words) |
 | 483 bc), the founder of Buddhism, born in the Lumbini park near Kapilavastu, in present-day Nepal near the Indian border. |
| The name Gautama Buddha by which the historical Buddha is known is a combination of his family name Gautama and the epithet Buddha, meaning “Enlightened One”. |
| Modern Theravada countries place his birth in 623 bc, and his death in 543 bc, but these dates are rejected by most Western and Indian historians. |
| Roman Timeline of the 5th Century BC (584 words) |
| 491 BC Coriolanus, Roman commander of the Volscians is impeached and condemned to exile. |
| 480 BC The Greek forces under the general Themistocles defeat the invading Persian navy under King Xerxes at the battle of Salamis. |
| 421 BC The number of positions of quaestors is increased to four, and it is opened to plebeians. |
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