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474
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This page is about the year -474 the proleptic Julian calendar .
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Events
Greek World
- Hiero , the tyrant of Syracuse , won a naval battle at Cumae which terminates the sea power of the Etruscans. This battle marked the end of the southward expansion of the Etruscans , already threatened by the revolt of the Latins and the loss of Rome.
- Hiero installed a garrison at Ischia (Island Pithcusses) to control traffic between Etruria and Campania.
- See and reintegration of Naxos. (Ending in 471 ).
- Theagenes Thasos won the boxing event at the Olympics.
Roman World
- In Rome , the consulate of L. Furius Medullinus, A. Manlius Vulso. (Or C. Manlius).
- Victory of Rome over the Sabines.
- Forty years' truce between Rome and Veii.
- Interruption of the import of Hellenic pottery in Lazio.

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