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478 BC

Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades:	500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC
Years:	481 BC 480 BC 479 BC - 478 BC - 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC

478 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

**478 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	478 BC
Ab urbe condita	276
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2321 – -2320
Berber calendar	473
Buddhist calendar	67
Burmese calendar	-1115
Byzantine calendar	5031 – 5032
Chinese calendar	[[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年 (2159/2219) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年 (2160/2220)
Coptic calendar	-761 – -760
Ethiopian calendar	-485 – -484
Hebrew calendar	3283 – 3284
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-422 – -421
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2624 – 2625
Holocene calendar	9523
Iranian calendar	1099 BP – 1098 BP
Islamic calendar	1133 BH – 1132 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1856
Thai solar calendar	66
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Events

Despite Spartan opposition, Athens is refortified as well as rebuilt after the Persian destruction of the city.
With the help of the Athenian statesman and general, Cimon, Aristides commands an Athenian fleet of 30 ships that the Spartan commander Pausanias leads to free the Greek cities on Cyprus and capture Byzantium from the Persians and their Phoenician allies.
While Pausanias is occupying Byzantium, his arrogance and his adoption of Persian clothing and manners offends the allies and raises suspicions of disloyalty. Pausanias is recalled to Sparta, where he is tried and acquitted of the charge of treason, but he is not restored to his command.

Hiero I (Hieron) becomes the Tyrant of Syracuse following the death of his brother Gelo.