470 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC |
| Decades: | 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC – 470s BC – 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC |
| Years: | 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC – 470 BC – 469 BC 468 BC 467 BC |
Year 470 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events
By place
Greece
- Pausanias hides in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. 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.
Art
- The Charioteer, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is created. It was for a victory in the Pythian Games of 478 or 474 BC (approximate date). It is now kept 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 kept 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
- Pausanias, Spartan commander during the Greco-Persian Wars