474 BC
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NOTOC Year 474 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Medullinus and Vulso (or, less frequently, '*year 280 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 474 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
By place
Italy
- Hiero I, tyrant of Syracuse, allied with naval forces from the maritime Greek cities of southern Italy defeats the Etruscan navy in the Battle of Cumae as the Etruscans try to capture the Greek city of Cumae. This victory marks the end of the Etruscan aggression against the Greeks in southern Italy and saves the Greeks of Campania from Etruscan domination.
- Taras signs an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapians, Peucetians, and Lucanians, but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines are defeated near Kailia.
- Hiero builds Castello Aragonese on the island of Ischia.
- Consuls: Lucius Lucius Furius Medullinus and Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
By topic
Literature
- The Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes after two years at the Sicilian Court of Hiero I of Syracuse. While at Thebes, he composes lyric odes to celebrate triumphs in the Olympic Games and other athletic events.
Births
- Pandukabhaya of Anuradhapura, ruler of Sri Lanka
Deaths
References
References
- Griffiths, Jane. (2006-02-23). "Amplifying Memory: The Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus". Oxford University Press.
- Trollope, Anthony. (1951-01-01). "379. To Rhoda Broughton. 28 June. Michael Sadleir.". Oxford University Press.
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