477 BC

Year 477 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulvillus and Lanatus (or, less frequently, year 277 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 477 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.

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:	480 BC 479 BC 478 BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC

477 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	477 BC CDLXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	277
Ancient Egypt era	XXVII dynasty, 49
- Pharaoh	Xerxes I of Persia, 9
Ancient Greek era	75th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4274
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1069
Berber calendar	474
Buddhist calendar	68
Burmese calendar	−1114
Byzantine calendar	5032–5033
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2221 or 2014     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2222 or 2015
Coptic calendar	−760 – −759
Discordian calendar	690
Ethiopian calendar	−484 – −483
Hebrew calendar	3284–3285
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−420 – −419
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2624–2625
Holocene calendar	9524
Iranian calendar	1098 BP – 1097 BP
Islamic calendar	1132 BH – 1131 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1857
Minguo calendar	2388 before ROC 民前2388年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1944
Thai solar calendar	66–67
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) −350 or −731 or −1503     — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −349 or −730 or −1502

Events

By place

Greece

• The Spartan co-ruler Leotychides and the Athenian leader Themistocles lead a fleet and army to reoccupy northern Greece and to punish the aristocratic family of the Aleuads for having aided the Persians. Leotychides is caught accepting a bribe during the operations in Thessaly.
• Greek maritime cities around the Aegean Sea no longer wish to be under Spartan control and at Delos offer their allegiance, through Aristides, to Athens. They form the Delian League (also known as the Confederacy of Delos) with Cimon as their principal commander.

Roman Republic

• Roman forces in a stronghold on the Cremera River are defeated by an army of Veientes from the Etruscan city of Veii in the Battle of the Cremera.

Births

Deaths

• Duke Dao of Qin, ruler of the state of Qin
• Emperor Itoku of Japan, according to legend.

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