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Millennium: | 1st millenniumBC |
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470 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 470 BC CDLXX BC |
Ab urbe condita | 284 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVIIdynasty,56 |
- Pharaoh | Xerxes I of Persia,16 |
Ancient Greek era | 77thOlympiad,year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4281 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1062 |
Berber calendar | 481 |
Buddhist calendar | 75 |
Burmese calendar | −1107 |
Byzantine calendar | 5039–5040 |
Chinese calendar | Canh ngọNiên (MetalHorse) 2228 or 2021 — to — Tân vị niên (MetalGoat) 2229 or 2022 |
Coptic calendar | −753 – −752 |
Discordian calendar | 697 |
Ethiopian calendar | −477 – −476 |
Hebrew calendar | 3291–3292 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | −413 – −412 |
-Shaka Samvat | N/A |
-Kali Yuga | 2631–2632 |
Holocene calendar | 9531 |
Iranian calendar | 1091 BP – 1090 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1125 BH – 1123 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1864 |
Minguo calendar | 2381 beforeROC Dân tiền 2381 niên |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1937 |
Thai solar calendar | 73–74 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương kim mã niên (male Iron-Horse) −343 or −724 or −1496 — to — Âm kim dương niên (female Iron-Goat) −342 or −723 or −1495 |
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Year470 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Potitus and Mamercus(or, less frequently,year 284Ab urbe condita). The denomination 470 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Greece
[edit]- Suspected of plotting to seize power inSpartaby instigating ahelotuprising,Pausaniastakes refuge in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. Thesanctuaryis respected, but the Spartans wall in the sanctuary and starve Pausanias to death.
By topic
[edit]Architecture
[edit]- The construction of theTemple of Zeus,begins atOlympia, Greece.This includes the relief sculpture (of which fragments now remain at theArchaeological Museum of Olympia) ofApollowith battlingLapithsandcentaurs(approximate date).
Art
[edit]- TheCharioteer,in the Sanctuary of Apollo,Delphi,is created in commemoration of a victory in thePythian Gamesof478or474 BC(approximate date). It is now preserved at theDelphi Archaeological Museum.
- Pan Paintermakes a "bell krater" (an earthenware piece that is used to mix water and wine) which has a red-figure decoration ofArtemis slayingActaeon.It is now preserved at theMuseum of Fine ArtsinBoston(approximate date).
Births
[edit]- AspasiaofMiletus,mistress ofPericlesofAthens(d. c.400 BC)
- Hippocrates of Chios,Greekmathematician(d. c.410 BC)
- Mozi(orMo Tzu), Chinesephilosopher(d. c.391)
- Socrates,Greek philosopher (d. c.399 BC)[1]
Deaths
[edit]- Pausanias,Spartan commander during theGreco-Persian Wars
References
[edit]- ^"Socrates | Biography, Philosophy, Beliefs, & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedAugust 27,2018.