Pope Symmachus - Apse mosaic - Sant'Agnese fuori le mura - Rome 2016

__NOTOC__ Year 498 ( CDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandr ...

. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paulinus and Scytha (or, less frequently, year 1251 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 498 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

Anno Domini The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means 'in the year of the Lord', but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", ...

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

* Emperor Anastasius I abolishes the chrysargyron tax throughout the

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, before reforming the monetary system, using

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instead of

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Persia

Kavadh I Kavad I ( pal, 𐭪𐭥𐭠𐭲 ; 473 – 13 September 531) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 488 to 531, with a two or three-year interruption. A son of Peroz I (), he was crowned by the nobles to replace his deposed and unpopular un ...

returns from exile with support of 30,000 Hephthalites (White

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), and again assumes the Sassanid Empire, Sassanid throne. He punishes his opponents and probably his brother Djamasp, who usurped the throne from him.

Japan

* Prince Emperor Buretsu, Buretsu, age 9, succeeds his father Emperor Ninken, Ninken and becomes the 25th emperor.

By topic

Religion

* November 19 – Pope Anastasius II dies after a 2-year reign in which he has tried to conciliate followers of Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople, Acacius, late Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople, who was Excommunication, excommunicated by Pope Felix III, Felix III. * November 22 – Anastasius is succeeded by Pope Symmachus, Symmachus as the 51st pope, in the official Papal selection before 1059, papal selection in the Lateran Palace (Rome). Meanwhile, Antipope Laurentius is elected "pope" in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, causing a schism (religion), schism. * Flavian II of Antioch, Flavian II succeeds Palladius of Antioch, Palladius as patriarch of Antioch.

Births

* Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei, Jie Min Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 532) * Kevin of Glendalough, Irish abbot and saint (d. 618)

Deaths

* November 19 – Pope Anastasius II * Emperor Ninken, Ninken, emperor of Japan * Emperor Ming of Southern Qi, Qi Mingdi, emperor of Southern Qi (b. 452)

References

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