| 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: | 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC - 474 BC - 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC |
| 474 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 474 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 280 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2317 – -2316 |
| Berber calendar | 477 |
| Buddhist calendar | 71 |
| Burmese calendar | -1111 |
| Chinese calendar | 2163/2223 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2164/2224([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -757 – -756 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -481 – -480 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3287 – 3288 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -418 – -417 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2628 – 2629 |
| Holocene calendar | 9527 |
| Iranian calendar | 1095 BP – 1094 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1129 BH – 1128 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1860 |
| Thai solar calendar | 70 |
Events
By place
Italy
- Hiero I, tyrant of Sicily, allied with Aristodemus, the tyrant of Cumae, defeat the Etruscan navy in the Battle of Cumae as the Etruscans try to capture the Greek city of Cumae in Italy. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC. The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Births 496 BC — Sophocles, Athenian Dramatist and Statesman c Births 484 BC — Herodotus, Greek Historian 484 BC — Achaeus of Eretria, a Greek Events and trends 479 BC — The Battle of Plataea, the Greeks defeat the Persians, ending the Persian Wars. Events and trends 468 BC — Sophocles, Greek Playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize. Events and trends 459 BC — Destruction of the Sicilian town of Morgantina by Douketios, leader of the Sikels, according Events and trends 449 BC — Construction begins on the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By place Greece The Spartan co-ruler Leotychides and the Athenian leader Themistocles Events By place Greece Convicted in Sparta on the charge of accepting a bribe from the Aleudae family whilst leading Events By place Greece Cimon leads an Athenian attack on the island of Skyros and expels the Events By place China The State of Wu is annexed by the State of Yue. Events By place Greece Carystus in Euboea is forced to join the Delian League after the Athenians attack the city Events By place Greece Athenian Politician Themistocles loses the confidence of the Athenian people partly due to The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Hieron I (Ἱέρων in Greek was the son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily from 478 to 467 BC Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Aristodemus (meaning The best person, from Greek aristos and demos) born in 550 BC, was a Heraclid (descendant of Heracles There is also a small modern Greek Euboean city called Κυμη, near the ruins of the ancient Cuma Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy The Battle of Cumae was a naval battle in 474 BC between the combined navies of Syracuse and Cumae and the Etruscans. This victory marks the end of the Etruscan aggression against the Greeks in southern Italy and saves the Greeks of Campania from Etruscan domination. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5
- Taranto signs an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapii, Peuceti, and Lucanians, but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines are defeated near Kailìa (modern Ceglie Messapica). Not to be confused with Toronto. Taranto ( Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas) is a coastal city in Reggio di Calabria (Italian pronunciation /ˈrɛʤo ˌdikaˈlabrja/ Calabrian dialect: Rìggiu, Greek-Calabrian: Righi, Greek: The Peuceti were an ancient people living in Peucetia, what is now the province of Bari ( Terra di Bari) in southern Italy. The Lucani ( Lucanians) were an ancient people of Italy who spoke an Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages. Ceglie Messapica is a small town located in the Province of Brindisi in Puglia region
- Hiero builds Castello Aragonese on the island of Ischia. Hieron I (Ἱέρων in Greek was the son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily from 478 to 467 BC For the comune see Ischia (comune. For the part of the human hip see Ischium Ischia is a Volcanic Island in the For the comune see Ischia (comune. For the part of the human hip see Ischium Ischia is a Volcanic Island in the
Persian Empire
- King Xerxes I of Persia issues a decree, as dictated by Mordecai upon the king's secretaries, giving the jews in every city the authority to unite to defend their lives against their opponents in all of the 127 provinces of the Persian Empire, stretching from India to Ethiopia[1]. Xerxes I of Persia was a King of Persia (reigned 485–465 BC of the Achaemenid dynasty. Mordecai or Mordechai ( - the son of Jair, of the Tribe of Benjamin, is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page
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Literature
- The Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes after two years at the Sicilian Court of Hiero I of Syracuse. Pindar (ˈpɪndɚ (or Pindarus, Greek:) (probably born 522 BC in Cynoscephalae a village in Boeotia; died 443 BC in Argos) was an Ancient Thebes ( Classic Greek Θῆβαι, Mod Θήβα) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range which divides While at Thebes, he composes lyric odes to celebrate triumphs in the Olympic Games and other athletic events. The Ancient Olympic Games, originally referred to as simply the Olympic Games (Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες Olympiakoi Agones) were a series of Athletic
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