May 20 – Anastasius I marries Ariadne shortly after his accession. His reign is disturbed by
religious distractions and a
civil war started by
Longinus, brother of late emperor Zeno.
July 9 –
Odoacer makes a night assault with his
Heruli guardsmen, engaging
Theodoric the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric repulses the attack, forcing Odoacer back into
Ravenna.
King
Theoderic the Great conquers
Rimini, and brings his
Ostrogoth fleet to
blockade the harbours 6 miles from the capital of
Ravenna. Important provisions, food and supplies are cut off, and the inhabitants are starved to death.
February 25 –
Odoacer surrenders
Ravenna after a 3-year
siege, and agrees to a mediated peace with
Theodoric the Great, who steadily consolidates his rule and provides security for the local population. His achievement is to manage the transformation of
Italy from being the center of a fractured
Roman Empire to a successful and independent
Ostrogothic Kingdom.[3]
Onoulphus, brother of Odoacer, is killed during the siege of Ravenna by
archers while seeking refuge in a church.
March 15 – Odoacer is invited to a
banquet organised in order to celebrate the
peace treaty. During the festivities, Odoacer is killed by Theodoric the Great. His body is skillfully sliced in half in full view of his guests. A massacre of Odoacer's soldiers and supporters follows.
Theodoric the Great allies with the
Franks and marries
Audofleda, sister of
Clovis I. He also marries his own female relatives to princes or kings of the
Burgundians,
Vandals and
Visigoths, establishing a political alliance with the
Germanic kingdoms in the West.
Clovis I marries the Burgundian princess
Clotilde, age 18; she is brought up in the
Catholic faith and is the daughter of King
Chilperic II. Her father is murdered in the same year by his brother
Gundobad.
Mor Hananyo Monastery is established by Mor Shlemon, converting a former Roman fortress (ex temple) in the
Tur Abdin region on the Turkish/Syrian border.
Pope Gelasius I gains support from Italian
bishops, in his assertion that the spiritual power of the
papacy is superior to the emperor's temporal authority. Like his predecessors, the pope opposes the
Byzantine emperor
Anastasius I's efforts to establish
Miaphysite doctrine.
Isaurian War: Anastasius I regains control of the
Isauria region (
Asia Minor) and has the rebel leaders executed. Anastasius I pacifies the mountain
strongholds of the Isaurians, ending the revolt that they began upon his ascension to the
throne 6 years ago.
China
The
Shaolin Temple (
Henan) is founded (according to the Jiaqing Chongxiu Yitongzhi). (For alternate founding date, see
477 or
495).
Crown prince
Xuan Wu Di, age 16, succeeds his father Xiaowen and becomes emperor of
Northern Wei. He appoints his uncle
Yuan Xie provincial
governor, who serves temporarily as
regent to form a new government.
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