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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Odoacer]] receives reinforcements from the south and leaves [[Ravenna]]. He defeats the [[Ostrogoths]] near [[Faenza]]. 
* King [[Theodoric the Great]] retreats to [[Ticinum]] (modern  [[Pavia]]), where he constructs a [[Fortification|fortified]] camp, which is [[blockade]]d.
* Summer &ndash; The [[Burgundians]], under King [[Gundobad]], cross the [[Alps]] and plunder [[Liguria]]. Many [[Roman Empire|Romans]] are taken into captivity. 
* King [[Alaric II]] supports Theodoric in his conquest of [[Italy]], by dispatching a [[Visigoths|Visigoth]] army to raise Odoacer's [[siege]] of Pavia.<ref>Wolfram, ''History of the Goths'', p. 281</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; Battle of Adda: Theodoric and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer, on the [[Adda (river)|Adda River]], near [[Milan]]. 
* Theodoric and his Ostrogoths lay siege to [[Ravenna]]. The cities of [[Cesena]] and [[Rimini]] retain their allegiance to Odoacer.

==== Asia ====
* Empress [[Empress Feng (Wencheng)|Feng]] of the Chinese [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei Dynasty]] dies. She is buried with magnificent honors, in the [[Empress Dowager Wenming tomb|Wenming Tomb]].