470 BC Chr.

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470 BC Chr.
470 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	74/75 (southern Buddhism); 73/74 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	37th (38th) cycle year of the metal sheep辛未 ( at the beginning of the year metal horse 庚午)
Greek calendar	2nd / 3rd Year of the 77th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3291/92
Roman calendar	from urbe condita CCLXXXIV (284)

Events

Politics and science

The Route Hanno the Navigator

• around 470 BC Chr .: The Carthaginian ruler and Admiral Hanno the Navigator sails along the African west coast, presumably to the Gulf of Guinea . His travelogue Periplus has come down to us in a Greek translation.

Culture and religion

• around 470 BC BC: The construction of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia by the builder Libon von Elis begins.
• around 470 BC Chr .: Prometheus bound , attributed to Aeschylus .
• around 470 BC Chr .: The Providence painter works in Athens.

Born

• around 470 BC Chr .: Aspasia , Greek philosopher, second wife of Pericles
• around 470 BC Chr .: Kallikrates , Greek architect

Died

• around 470 BC Chr .: Phrynichos , Greek tragedian
• around 470 BC Chr .: Xenophanes , Greek philosopher and poet (* around 570 BC )
• around 470 BC Chr .: Xanthippos , Athenian general and politician, father of Pericles (* around 520 BC )

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