Editing 470 BC

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[[File:Socrates Louvre.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|A bust of [[Socrates]] (c. 470–399 BC)]]
Year '''470 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Potitus and Mamercus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 284 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 470 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* Suspected of plotting to seize power in [[Sparta]] by instigating a [[helot]] uprising, [[Pausanias (general)|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.

=== By topic ===
==== Architecture ====
* The construction of the [[Temple of Zeus, Olympia|Temple of Zeus]], begins at [[Olympia, Greece]]. This includes the relief sculpture (of which fragments now remain at the [[Archaeological Museum of Olympia]]) of ''[[Apollo]] with battling [[Lapiths]] and [[centaurs]]'' (approximate date).

==== Art ====
* The ''Charioteer'', in the Sanctuary of Apollo, [[Delphi]], is created in commemoration of a victory in the [[Pythian Games]] of [[478 BC|478]] or [[474 BC]] (approximate date). It is now preserved 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 preserved at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in [[Boston]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Aspasia]] of [[Miletus]], mistress of [[Pericles]] of [[Athens]] (d. c. [[400 BC]])
* [[Hippocrates of Chios]], Greek [[mathematician]] (d. c. [[410 BC]])
* [[Mozi]] (or '''Mo Tzu'''), Chinese [[Philosophy|philosopher]] (d. c. [[391]])
* [[Socrates]], Greek philosopher (d. c. [[399 BC]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Socrates {{!}} Biography, Philosophy, Beliefs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]], Spartan commander during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]]

== References ==
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