476 BC

476 BC in various
Minguo calendar
	2387 before ROC; 民前2387年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1943
Thai solar calendar	67–68
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年; (male Wood-Rat); −349 or −730 or −1502; — to —; 阴木牛年; (female Wood-Ox); −348 or −729 or −1501

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC; 5th century BC ; 4th century BC;
Decades:	490s BC; 480s BC; 470s BC ; 460s BC; 450s BC;
Years:	479 BC; 478 BC; 477 BC; 476 BC ; 475 BC; 474 BC; 473 BC;

Year 476 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Structus (or, less frequently, year 278 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 476 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.

Events

By place

Greece

Convicted in
Arcadia. A sentence of exile is passed upon him; his house is razed, and his grandson, Archidamus II
, ascends the Spartan throne in his place.

Pausanias and the Spartans from the area around the Bosporus. The Spartans, hearing that Pausanias is intriguing with the Persians
, recall him and he is "disciplined".

Under the leadership of Kimon, the

Strymon

from Persia is led by Cimon.

By topic

Literature

The Greek poet Pindar visits Sicily and is made welcome at the courts of Theron of Acragas and Hieron I of Syracuse. They commission some of his greatest poetry. It is through these connections that Pindar's reputation spreads all over the Greek world.

Births

Deaths

Zhou Dynasty