470s BC
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| 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: | 479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC 470 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- 479 BC—The Battle of Plataea, the Greeks defeat the Persians, ending the Persian Wars.
- 479 BC—Battle of Mycale.
- 478 BC—Establishment of the Temple of Confucius at (modern-day) Qufu.
- 477 BC—The Delian League is inaugurated.
- 476 BC—Archidamus II succeeds his grandfather Leotychides, who is banished to Tegea, as king of Sparta.
- 475 BC—Zhou Yuan Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty.
- 474 BC—Battle of Cumae—The Syracusans under Hiero I defeat the Etruscans and end Etruscan expansion in southern Italy.
- 474 BC—Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes.
- 473 BC—The Chinese State of Wu is annexed by the State of Yue.
- 472 BC—Carystus in Euboea is forced to join the Delian League. (approximate date)
- 472 BC—The tragedy The Persians is produced by Aeschylus.
- 471 BC—Athenian politician Themistocles is ostracized.
[edit] Births
- c. 470 BC—Mozi, Chinese philosopher (d. c. 391 BC)
- 470 BC—Socrates, Athenian philosopher (d. 399 BC)
[edit] Deaths
- August 27, 479 BC—Confucius, philosopher (b. 551 BC)
- 479 BC—Mardonius—Persian commander at Plataea
- 479 BC—Ephialtes—betrayer of Greece at the Battle of Thermopylae
- 476 BC—Zhou Jing Wang / Ji Gai, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
- 475 BC—Pythagoras of Samos, mathematician
- 475 BC—Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek philosopher (b. c. 535)