478 BC Chr.
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| 478 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 66/67 (southern Buddhism); 65/66 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 36th (37th) cycle year of the water-pig 癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year water-dog 壬戌) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 75th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3283/84 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCLXXVI (276) |
Events
Politics and world events
Greece and its colonies
- A Greek fleet led by the Spartan Pausanias conquers Byzantion from the Persians .
- Gelon , the absolute ruler of Syracuse and thus all of Sicily, dies. His brother Hieron I , who gave him 485 BC. Chr. Already succeeded as tyrant of Gela , now also takes over the rule over Syracuse.
- around 478 BC Chr .: The Attic League under the leadership of Athens is founded as an alliance against the Persian threat. In the course of the century it developed more and more into a counterpart to the Spartan dominated Peloponnesian League .
Empire of China
- In the Battle of Lize to Warring States Period in China , the state defeated Yue the state Wu devastating.
Culture and religion
- After their victories over the Persian Achaemenids in previous years, the Greeks erect the serpent column for the god Apollo in Delphi .
Died
- Gelon , tyrant of Gela and Syracuse from the Deinomeniden family (* around 540 BC )
- around 478 BC Chr .: Masistes , Persian nobleman, member of the Achaemenid dynasty
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