Editing 477 BC

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[[File:Heinrich Leutemannː Downfall of the Roman gens Fabia at the Battle of the Cremera 477 BC (engraving).jpg|thumb|The [[Battle of the Cremera]], 477 BC]]
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Year '''477 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 [[Gaius Horatius Pulvillus|Pulvillus]] and [[Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (consul 503 BC)|Lanatus]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackay |first=Christopher S. |title=Consuls of the Roman Republic |url=https://sites.ualberta.ca/~csmackay/Consuls.List.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527195548/https://sites.ualberta.ca/~csmackay/Consuls.List.html |archive-date=2024-05-27 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=University of Alberta}}</ref> (or, less frequently, '''year 277 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 477 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.<ref name="Teresi1997">{{cite journal |last=Teresi |first=Dick |author-link=Dick Teresi |date=July 1997 |title=Zero |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/97jul/zero.htm |url-status=live |journal=[[The Atlantic]] |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605092148/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/07/zero/376900/ |archive-date=Jun 5, 2022 |quote=The A.D. system spread when the Emperor Charlemagne adopted it for dating acts of government throughout Europe.}}</ref>

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* The [[Sparta]]n co-ruler [[Leotychides]] and the Athenian leader [[Themistocles]] lead a fleet and army to reoccupy northern [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] and to punish the aristocratic family of the Aleuads for having aided the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]]. Leotychides is caught accepting a bribe during the operations in [[Thessaly]].
* Greek maritime cities around the [[Aegean Sea]] no longer wish to be under Spartan control and at [[Delos]] offer their allegiance, through [[Aristides]], to [[Athens]]. They form the [[Delian League]] (also known as the Confederacy of Delos) with [[Cimon]] as their principal commander.

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Roman Republic|Roman]] forces in a stronghold on the [[Cremera]] River are defeated by an army of [[Veii|Veientes]] from the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] city of [[Veii]] in the [[Battle of the Cremera]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
*[[Duke Dao of Qin]], ruler of the state of [[Qin (state)|Qin]]
*[[Emperor Itoku]] of Japan, according to legend.

== References ==
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