472 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC
Decades:	490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC
Years:	475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC 470 BC 469 BC

472 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	472 BC CDLXXII BC
Ab urbe condita	282
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 54
- Pharaoh	Xerxes I of Persia, 14
Ancient Greek era	77th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4279
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1064
Berber calendar	479
Buddhist calendar	73
Burmese calendar	−1109
Byzantine calendar	5037–5038
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2226 or 2019     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2227 or 2020
Coptic calendar	−755 – −754
Discordian calendar	695
Ethiopian calendar	−479 – −478
Hebrew calendar	3289–3290
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−415 – −414
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2629–2630
Holocene calendar	9529
Iranian calendar	1093 BP – 1092 BP
Islamic calendar	1127 BH – 1126 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1862
Minguo calendar	2383 before ROC 民前2383年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1939
Thai solar calendar	71–72
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) −345 or −726 or −1498     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) −344 or −725 or −1497

Year 472 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Fusus (or, less frequently, year 282 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 472 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• Carystus in Euboea is forced to join the Delian League after the Athenians attack the city (approximate date).

By topic

Literature

• The tragedy The Persians is produced by Aeschylus. It is the oldest surviving classical Greek play.

Births

• Thucydides, Greek historian (d.c. 400 BC)