Editing 476 BC

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Year '''476 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 Rutilus and Structus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 278 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 476 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 ====
* Convicted in [[Sparta]] on the charge of accepting a bribe from the Aleudae family whilst leading an expedition to Thessaly against the family for their collaboration with the Persians, the Spartan King [[Leotychidas]] flees to the temple of [[Athena Alea]] in [[Tegea]], [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]. A sentence of exile is passed upon him; his house is razed, and his grandson, [[Archidamus II]], ascends the Spartan throne in his place.
* [[Cimon]] of [[Athens]] increases his power at the expense of [[Themistocles]]. He ousts [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]] and the Spartans from the area around the [[Bosporus]]. The Spartans, hearing that Pausanias is intriguing with the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]], recall him and he is "disciplined".
* Under the leadership of Kimon, the [[Delian League]] continues to fight Persia and to remove the [[Ionia]]n cities from Persian administration. The conquest of [[Eion]] on the [[Struma River|Strymon]] from Persia is led by Cimon.

=== By topic ===
==== Literature ====
* The Greek poet [[Pindar]] visits [[Sicily]] and is made welcome at the courts of [[Theron of Acragas]] and [[Hiero I of Syracuse|Hieron I]] of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]. They commission some of his greatest poetry. It is through these connections that Pindar's reputation spreads all over the Greek world.
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai)|Zhou Jing Wang]], king of the Chinese [[Zhou dynasty]]

== References ==
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