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Contents

Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

★ Julius Nepos becomes western Roman Emperor, deposing Glycerius.

Eastern Roman Empire

★ January 18 — Leo II briefly becomes emperor.

★ February 9 — Zeno crowned as co-emperor.

★ November 17 — The death of Leo II leaves Zeno sole Emperor of the Eastern Empire; his mother-in-law Verina conspires against him.

★ Forty-five years of conflict between the Roman Empire and the Vandals ends when the eastern Roman Emperor Zeno's envoys conclude a peace with King Geiseric.

Births

★ Anthemius of Tralles, mathematician (approximate date)

★ Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (approximate date)

Deaths

★ January 18 — Leo I, Eastern Roman Emperor

★ November 17 — Leo II, Eastern Roman Emperor

★ Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths.