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
Aspasia of Miletus, mistress of Pericles of Athens (d. c. 400 BC) Mozi, Chinese philosopher (d. c. 390 BC)