470 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

470 BC by topic
Politics
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**470 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	470 BC
Ab urbe condita	284
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2313 – -2312
Berber calendar	481
Buddhist calendar	75
Burmese calendar	-1107
Chinese calendar	2167/2227 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2168/2228 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-753 – -752
Ethiopian calendar	-477 – -476
Hebrew calendar	3291 – 3292
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-414 – -413
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2632 – 2633
Holocene calendar	9531
Iranian calendar	1091 BP – 1090 BP
Islamic calendar	1125 BH – 1123 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 191 (皇紀191年)
Korean calendar	1864
Thai solar calendar	74
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Events

Suspected of plotting to seize power in Sparta by instigating a helot uprising, Pausanias takes refuge in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. The sanctuary is respected, but the Spartans wall in the sanctuary and starve Pausanias to death.

The construction of the Temple of Zeus, begins at Olympia, Greece. This includes the relief sculpture (of which fragments now remain at the Archeological Museum in Olympia) of Apollo with battling Lapiths and centaurs (approximate date).

The Charioteer, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is created in commemoration of a victory in the Pythian Games of 478 or 474 BC (approximate date). It is now preserved at the Archaeological Museum in Delphi.
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 preserved at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (approximate date).