__NOTOC__ Year 484 ( CDLXXXIV) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the

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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Venantius and Theodoricus (or, less frequently, year 1237 ''

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''). The denomination 484 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

July 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. * 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is re ...

–

Leontius Leontius ( el, Λεόντιος, Leóntios; – 15 February 706), was Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was born in Isauria in Asia Minor. He was given the title of ''patrikios'', and ma ...

, Roman

usurper A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country, city, or established region for oneself, without any formal or legal right to claim it as ...

, is crowned emperor at Tarsus (modern

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

). Empress dowager

Verina Aelia Verina (Greek: Βερίνα, died 484) was the Empress consort of Leo I of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a sister of Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne was Empress consort of first Zeno and then Anastasius I. Verina was the maternal gran ...

sends a letter to the governors of the

Diocese of the East The Diocese of the East ( la, Dioecesis Orientis; el, ) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the western Middle East, between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia. During late Antiquity, it was one of the majo ...

and the

Diocese of Egypt The Diocese of Egypt ( la, Dioecesis Aegypti; el, Διοίκησις Αἰγύπτου) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire (from 395 the Eastern Roman Empire), incorporating the provinces of Egypt and Cyrenaica. Its capital was at Alexandr ...

for support. He is recognized in

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

and makes it his capital. * Leontius raises a rebellion against emperor

Zeno Zeno ( grc, Ζήνων) may refer to: People * Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Philosophers * Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes * Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), ...

, who also faces a revolt from the

Ostrogoth The Ostrogoths ( la, Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the two great Gothic kingdoms within the Roman Empire, based upon the large Gothic populations who ...

king Theodoric the Great. He sends an army to Syria, but is defeated by the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine general Illus. * Zeno signs a peace treaty with Theodoric the Great. He appoints him to ''magister militum'' and becomes a Roman consul, consul. The Eastern Empire is saved by diplomatic negotiations, and the imperial army is strengthened behind the walls of Constantinople.

Europe

* King Gundobad proclaims the ''Lex Burgundionum'', a Code (law), law code of the Burgundians concerning marriage and inheritance, as well as regulating weregild and other penalties (approximate date). * December 28 – The Visigoths, Visigoth king Euric dies and is succeeded by his son Alaric II. Euric has built a rampart to protect the city of Carcassonne southeast of Toulouse, on a bend of the Aude (river), Aude River.

Africa

* February 24 – King Huneric passes the Edict of 484, a law banning Catholicism within the Vandal Kingdom. A few weeks later, King Huneric removes Catholic bishops from their offices and banishes some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian, Frumentius and Companions, Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arianism, Arians.saintpatrickdc.org
: Saints of March 23 * December 23 – Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholicism, Catholics are free from persecutions and he stabilises the kingdom's economy.

Asia

* The Hephthalites (White Huns) invade Iran, Persia. King Peroz I gathers an army of 50,000-100,000 men, and places his brother Balash at the head of the government in Ctesiphon. At the Battle of Herat (484), Battle of Herat, the Persian people, Persians are ambushed and defeated. Peroz I is killed, his body is with dignity returned and buried with full honors. Balash is Coronation, crowned and becomes king of Sassanid Empire, Persia. * The Nvarsak Treaty is concluded between the Persians and Armenians.

By topic

Religion

* Pope Felix III excommunicates Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople, Acacius of Constantinople and Pope Peter III of Alexandria, Peter III of Alexandria, for their role in having Zeno issue his Edict of Union (''Henotikon'') 2 years ago. He considers the edict to be Heresy, heretical and the schism between the Diocese of Rome, Church of Rome and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Church of Constantinople widens. The Acacian Schism will not be resolved until 519.

Births

* Antonina (wife of Belisarius), Antonina, Byzantine Patrician (ancient Rome), patrikia and wife of Belisarius (approximate date) * Brendan the Navigator, Brendan, Ireland, Irish abbot and saint (approximate date)

Deaths

* December 23 – Huneric, king of the Vandals * Euric, king of the Visigoths * Peroz I, king of the Sassanid Empire, Persian Empire * Emperor Seinei, Seinei, emperor of Japan *

, wife of former emperor Leo I (emperor), Leo I

References

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