470 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	6th centuryBC 5th centuryBC 4th centuryBC
Decades:	490sBC 480sBC 470sBC 460sBC 450sBC
Years:	473BC 472BC 471BC 470BC 469BC 468BC 467BC

470 BC in variouscalendars

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

A bust ofSocrates(c. 470–399 BC)

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

By place

Greece

• 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

Architecture

• 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

• 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

• 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)

Deaths

• Pausanias,Spartan commander during theGreco-Persian Wars