What happened in 471 BC?
No event is dated precisely to 471 BC, but 2 entries are recorded in the surrounding period.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 2 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 471 BC is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 471 BC.
470s BC 2
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Heraclitus died
Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
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Pantites died
5th-century BC Spartan warrior
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 471 BC.
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Anaxilas died
Tyrant of Rhegium from 494 to 476 BC
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Battle of the Janiculum
475 BCE battle
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Hecataeus of Miletus died
Greek historian and geographer (c.550–c.476 BC)
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Xanthippus died
Athenian politician and father of Pericles (c.525–475 BC)
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Battle of Veii
475 BCE battle
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Lucius Aemilius Mamercus died
5th-century BC Roman consul
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Sun Tzu died
6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist
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Parmenides died
Late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
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Vopiscus Julius Iulus died
Roman senator, consul in 473 BC
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Leotychidas II died
Eurypontid king of Sparta from 491 to 476 BC
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Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis died
Roman consul 471 BC
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Simonides of Ceos died
Greek lyric poet (c. 556–468 BC)
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