__NOTOC__ Year 471 ( CDLXXI) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Novus and Probianus (or, less frequently, year 1224 ''

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''). The denomination 471 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

Roman Empire

* Basiliscus, brother-in-law of Emperor Leo I, returns from exile (see

468 __NOTOC__ Year 468 ( CDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Anthemius without colleague (or, less frequently, year ...

) and leads an imperial conspiracy against Aspar ('' magister militum''), helping in his murder at Constantinople.

Britannia

* The army of King Ceretic of Strathclyde raids the Irish coast, carries off some of

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's followers, and sells them into slavery (approximate date).

Europe

* The Visigoths under Euric conquer a large part of the Provence (Southern Gaul). The city of Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne is besieged. * The Goths, led by Theodoric Strabo, revolt in Thrace after the

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of Aspar. Leo I sends Basiliscus to suppress the uprising. * Theodoric the Great, age 17, succeeds his father Theodemir as king of the Ostrogoths, settling his people in lower

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( Balkans).

Asia

* The ruler of the nomadic Tuoba tribal state in

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adopts a Chinese surname, and will rule

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as Xiao Wen Di, until his death in

499 __NOTOC__ Year 499 (Roman numerals, CDXCIX) was a common 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 Iohannes without colleague (or, less frequ ...

By topic

Religion

* Acacius becomes

patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

, succeeding Gennadius I.

Births

Deaths

* August 25 – Gennadius I,

* Ardabur, Roman general and son of Aspar * Aspar,

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patrician and general ('' magister militum'') *

Eudocia Eudoxia ( grc, Εὐδοξία, ''Eudoxía''), Eudokia (, ''Eudokía'', anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in Greek. The Slavic forms ...

, Vandal queen and daughter of Valentinian III (approximate date) *

Julius Patricius Patricius Caesar ( el, Πατρίκιος, translit=Patrikios; ''floruit'' 459–471) was an Eastern Roman ''caesar'', the son of the powerful general Aspar, who for almost two decades was the effective power behind the throne of the Eastern Roman ...

, Roman general and son of Aspar (approximate date)

References

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