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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Monkey戊申( at the beginning of the year fire - sheep丁未)

Era of Diocletian: 184/185 ( year November )

Syria: 779/780 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • The Vandals campaign of the Western and the Eastern Roman Empire under Emperor Leo I line fails miserably, not least due to the rivalry between the Western and Eastern Roman commanders Ricimer and Basiliscus.
  • The later Emperor Julius Nepos is Magister militum for Dalmatia.
  • The Visigothic king Eurich breaks the contract with the Western Roman Empire and gets down to the conquest of the last remaining Roman bases in southern Gaul.
  • Lusidius, the Roman commandant of the city of Colonia Iulia Felicitas, modern Lisbon, the city passed to the Suevi under draw mouth in order to keep them from being conquered by the Visigoths.

Religion

  • March 3: Simplicius becomes the new Pope.

Died

  • 28 or FEBRUARY 29: Hilary, Pope
  • Gunabhadra, Buddhist monk (* 394)
  • Marcellinus, west Roman Heermeister
April 2014 List of centuries 3rd century 7th century 420s 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s 490s 500s (decade) 458 463 473 478 Vikram Samvat Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Coptic calendar Leo I the Thracian Pope Simplicius February 28 Pope Hilarius Guṇabhadra Marcellinus (magister militum)
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