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Year '''478 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Mamercus and Structus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 276 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 478 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Greece ====
* Despite [[Sparta]]n opposition, [[Athens]] works on refortifying and rebuilding after the [[Persia]]n destruction of the city in 479.
* [[Delian League|The Delian League]] is established<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hammond |first=N. G. L. |date=1967 |title=The Origins and the Nature of the Athenian Alliance of 478/7 B. C. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/627806 |journal=The Journal of Hellenic Studies |volume=87 |pages=41–61 |doi=10.2307/627806 |jstor=627806 |issn=0075-4269|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* With the help of the Athenian statesman and general, [[Cimon]], [[Aristides]] commands an Athenian fleet of 30 ships that the Spartan commander [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]] leads to capture the Greek cities on [[Cyprus]] and [[Byzantium]], taking them from the Persians and their [[Phoenicia]]n allies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Balcer |first=Jack Martin |date=1997 |title=The Liberation of Ionia: 478 B.C. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4436477 |journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=374–377 |jstor=4436477 |issn=0018-2311}}</ref>
* 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.

==== Sicily ====
* [[Hiero I]] (Hieron) becomes the [[Tyrant]] of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] following the death of his brother [[Gelo]].

==== China ====
* A [[Temple of Confucius]] is established in (modern-day) [[Qufu]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Gelo]], [[tyrant]] of the cities of [[Gela]] and [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] in [[Sicily]]
* [[Xenophanes]], Greek poet and philosopher (approximate year)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Xenophanes | access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Xenophanes | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
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