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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Dragon庚辰(at the beginning of earth - hare己卯)

Era of Diocletian: 156/157 ( year November )

Syria: 751/752 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • Rechila, king of the Suevi, the Vandals captured the evacuated cities of Baetica and Seville.

Culture and Religion

  • September 29: Leo I. Pope is the successor of Sixtus III. As the first Pope he called Pontifex Maximus.
  • The church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is consecrated.
  • (um): The Lateranbaptisterium is completed.

Born

  • Iitoyo, Japanese princess († 484 )
  • Vakhtang Gorgasali I., king of Iberia († 502)
  • 440: Bodhidharma, semi - legendary Buddhist monk († 528 )
  • 440: Eurich, king of the Visigoths († 484 )

Died

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