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[[File:Buda de Avukana - 03.jpg|thumb|The [[Avukana Buddha Statue]] ([[Sri Lanka]])]]
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Year '''459''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Ricimer]] and [[Patricius (Caesar)|Patricius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1212 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 459 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with the [[Ostrogoths]]. King [[Theodemir (Ostrogothic king)|Theodemir]] sends his son, the future [[Theodoric the Great]], age 5, as a child hostage to [[Constantinople]]. He learns at court about [[Latin]], [[military tactics]] and religion (until [[469]]).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

==== Britannia ====
* King [[Vortigern]] is burnt to death, while being [[Siege|besiege]]d by a [[Romano-British culture|Romano-British]] force under [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]] at [[Ganarew]] ([[Herefordshire]]).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

==== Europe ====
* The [[Franks]] conquer the city of [[Trier]]. The [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]] becomes a military power and gets involved in [[Roman Empire|Roman]] politics.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* [[Saint Remigius|Remigius]], age 22, is elected [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims|bishop of Reims]] (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

==== Asia ====
* King [[Dhatusena of Anuradhapura]] of the [[Moriyan dynasty]] rules over [[Sri Lanka]]. During his reign the [[Avukana Buddha statue]] is built.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
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=== Other events ===
• Total lunar eclipse on May 3, in which totality was for 106 minutes and 32 seconds. A totality of this length will not occur until August 19, 4763.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EclipseWise - Six Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses |url=https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEcatalog/LEcatalog.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=eclipsewise.com}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik]], king of [[Palenque]] (Mexico).<ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Skidmore|title=The Rulers of Palenque|date=2010|publisher=Mesoweb Publications|page=18|edition=Fifth|url=http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/resources/rulers/PalenqueRulers-05.pdf|access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Simeon Stylites]], Christian [[Stylite|pillar-saint]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jonathan|last=Hill|title=Dictionary of Theologians: To 1308|publisher=James Clarke & Co.|location=Cambridge|year=2010|isbn=978-0-22717-906-2|page=514}}</ref>
* [[Hormizd III]], king of the [[Sasanian Empire]] (approximate date)
* [[Vortigern]], king of the [[Celtic Britons|Britons]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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