470 BC

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470 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 470 BC
CDLXIX BC
Ab urbe condita 284
Ancient Egypt era XXVII dynasty, 56
- Pharaoh Xerxes I of Persia, 16
Ancient Greek era 77th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar 4281
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −1062
Berber calendar 481
Buddhist calendar 75
Burmese calendar −1107
Byzantine calendar 5039–5040
Chinese calendar 庚午年 (Metal  Horse)
2227 or 2167
     to 
辛未年 (Metal  Goat)
2228 or 2168
Coptic calendar −753 – −752
Discordian calendar 697
Ethiopian calendar −477 – −476
Hebrew calendar 3291–3292
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −413 – −412
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2631–2632
Holocene calendar 9531
Iranian calendar 1091 BP – 1090 BP
Islamic calendar 1125 BH – 1123 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 1864
Minguo calendar 2381 before ROC
民前2381年
Nanakshahi calendar −1937
Thai solar calendar 73–74
Tibetan calendar 阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
−343 or −724 or −1496
     to 
阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
−342 or −723 or −1495
A bust of Socrates (c. 470-399 BC) Socrates Louvre.jpg
A bust of Socrates (c. 470–399 BC)

Year 470 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Potitus and Mamercus (or, less frequently, year 284 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 470 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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