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King Kavadh I (488–531)

Year 488 (CDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ecclesius and Sividius (or, less frequently, year 1241 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 488 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Emperor Zeno regains power from the Roman Catholic usurper Leontius and the Isaurian patrician Illus, who are captured and executed, ending a 4-year rebellion (see 484).
• Zeno orders Theodoric the Great to overthrow his rival Odoacer, who has established himself as king of Italy (see 476). He marched with an Ostrogoth army to the West.

Europe

• According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hengist dies and is succeeded by his son Oisc as king of Kent.
• The Gepids capture Belgrade.

Persia

• Kavadh I is crowned by the nobles and succeeds his blind uncle Balash as the 19th king of Persia.

Asia

• Ninken, adopted heir of Seinei, succeeds his brother Kenzō and becomes new emperor of Japan.

By topic

Religion

• Peter the Fuller is succeeded by Palladius as patriarch of Antioch.
• Fravitta becomes patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

• He Di, emperor of Southern Qi (d. 502)
• Yu, empress of Northern Wei (d. 507)

Deaths

• Balash, king of the Persian Empire
• Hengest, leader of Kent
• Illus, Byzantine general
• Leontius, Byzantine usurper
• Peter the Fuller, patriarch of Antioch

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