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Contents

Events

By place

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Western Roman Empire

★ 28 August — Orestes forces western Julius Nepos to flee and declares his son, Romulus Augustus, to be emperor.

★ Euric, king of the Visigoths, returns Provence to Rome in exchange for full independence.

Eastern Roman Empire

★ 9 January — Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee from Constantinople.

★ 12 January — Basiliscus is acclaimed emperor in Constantinople.

★ 9 April — Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysiste christological position.

Asia

★ Bodhidharma travels to China (approximate date).

★ Gongju becomes the capital of Baekje, after Baekje loses the Han River valley to Goguryeo.

By Topic

Religion

★ Completion of the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud, the source of the majority of Jewish Halakha

Births

★ Clotilde, Burgundian princess

★ Ita, Irish nun

Deaths

★ King Gaero of Baekje, king of the Baekje Kingdom of Korea