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| 470 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 470 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 284 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2313 – -2312 |
| Bengali calendar | -1062 |
| Berber calendar | 481 |
| Buddhist calendar | 75 |
| Burmese calendar | -1107 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5039 – 5040 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2167/2227) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2168/2228) |
| Coptic calendar | -753 – -752 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -477 – -476 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3291 – 3292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -414 – -413 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2632 – 2633 |
| Holocene calendar | 9531 |
| Iranian calendar | 1091 BP – 1090 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1125 BH – 1123 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1864 |
| Thai solar calendar | 74 |
Events
By place
Greece
- Suspected of plotting to seize power in Sparta by instigating a helot uprising, Pausanias takes refuge in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. The sanctuary is respected, but the Spartans wall in the sanctuary and starve Pausanias to death.
By topic
Architecture
- The construction of the Temple of Zeus, begins at Olympia, Greece. This includes the relief sculpture (of which fragments now remain at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia) of Apollo with battling Lapiths and centaurs (approximate date).
Art
- The Charioteer, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is created in commemoration of a victory in the Pythian Games of 478 or 474 BC (approximate date). It is now preserved at the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
- Pan Painter makes a "bell krater" (an earthenware piece that is used to mix water and wine) which has a red-figure decoration of Artemis slaying Actaeon. It is now preserved at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (approximate date).
Births
- Aspasia of Miletus, mistress of Pericles of Athens (d. c. 400 BC)
- Mozi, Chinese philosopher (d. c. 390 BC)
Deaths
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