Decade · 479 BCE – 470 BCE
The world in the 470s BCE
From 479 BCE to 470 BCE the atlas holds 92 states standing at some time. 6 things began - Warring States period, Battle of Plataea and Battle of Mycale among them - and 2 ended; 7 people were born and 6 died.
What began in the 470s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Warring States period · state · 476 – 221 BCE
Wars and battles 5
- Battle of Plataea · battle · 479 BCE
- Battle of Mycale · battle · 479 BCE
- Battle of Cumae · battle · 474 BCE
- Battle of the Cremera · battle · 477 BCE
- Wars of the Delian League · war · 477 – 449 BCE
What ended in the 470s BCE
States 1
- Spring and Autumn period · state · 771 – 476 BCE
Wars and battles 1
- Second Persian invasion of Greece · war · 480 – 479 BCE
Born and died
Born 7
- Socrates · philosopher · 470 – 399 BCE
- Mozi · engineer · 470 – 391 BCE
- Darius II · monarch · 475 – 404 BCE
- Agis II · ruler · 470 – 398 BCE
- Hannibal Mago · military leader · 471 – 406 BCE
- Laches · politician · 475 – 418 BCE
- Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura · monarch · 474 – 376 BCE
Died 6
- Confucius · philosopher · 551 – 479 BCE
- Heraclitus · physicist · 535 – 471 BCE
- Parmenides · philosopher · 515 – 470 BCE
- Xenophanes · philosopher · 570 – 478 BCE
- Atossa · ruler · 550 – 475 BCE
- Xanthippus · politician · 525 – 475 BCE
States of the 470s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 470s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 479 BCE.
Europe12 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Caeso Fabius Vibulanus, Roman consul since 479 BCE and Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus, Roman consul since 479 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Caeso Fabius Vibulanus, Roman consul since 479 BCE and Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus, Roman consul since 479 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE
- Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
- Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE · Ariapeithes, King of the Scythians since 490 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Scythia · 800 – 400 BCE
and 4 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa21 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Achaemenid Empire · 550 – 330 BCE · Atossa, queen since 522 BCE and Xerxes I, King of Kings since 486 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE · Atossa, queen since 522 BCE and Xerxes I, King of Kings since 486 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Ancient Carthage · 814 – 146 BCE · Hanno the Navigator, monarch of Carthage since 480 BCE
and 13 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia18 states
- Magadha · 1201 – 345 BCE · Ajatashatru, king since 492 BCE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Mahajanapadas · 600 – 345 BCE
- Panchala · 901 – 401 BCE
- Avanti · 701 – 301 BCE
- Vajjika League · 701 – 401 BCE
- Malla · 601 – 301 BCE
- Surasena · 701 – 301 BCE
and 10 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia27 states
- Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE · King Jing of Zhou (Gai), Chinese king since 519 BCE
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE
- Spring and Autumn period · 771 – 476 BCE · King Jing of Zhou (Gai), Chinese king since 519 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE
- Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
and 19 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania3 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Olmecs · 650 – 351 BCE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown11 states
- Argead dynasty · 700 – 309 BCE
- Chedi kingdom · 601 – 301 BCE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Licchavis of Vaishali · 701 – 468 BCE
- Kingdom of Tambapanni · 543 – 437 BCE · Panduvasdeva of Upatissa Nuwara, head of state since 504 BCE
- Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Dai (Spring and Autumn period) · 1001 – 457 BCE
and 3 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 499 BCE – 450 BCE: every state, war and life of the 470s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 474 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.