470 BC
Year 470 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events
By place
Greece
- Pausanias hides in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. The Spartans wall in the sanctuary and starve Pausanias to death.
By topic
Architecture
- The construction of the Temple of Zeus, begins at Olympia, Greece.
Art
- The Charioteer, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is created. It was for a victory in the Pythian Games of 478 or 474 BC (approximate date). It is now kept 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 kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (approximate date).
Births
Deaths
470 BC Media
A bust of Socrates (c. 470–399 BC)