470 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
Decades:	500s BC 490s BC 480s BC – 470s BC – 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC
Years:	473 BC 472 BC 471 BC – 470 BC – 469 BC 468 BC 467 BC

Year 470 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Events

Death of Pausanias

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.

The sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi - panoramio (7)

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).