Editing 461

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Year '''461''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Severinus (consul 461)|Severinus]] and [[Dagalaifus (consul 461)|Dagalaiphus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1214 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 461 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 ====
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Majorian]] is arrested near [[Tortona]] ([[Northern Italy]]), and deposed by [[Ricimer]] (''[[magister militum]]'') as [[Puppet monarch|puppet emperor]]. 
* [[August 7]] &ndash; Majorian, having been beaten and [[torture]]d for five days, is [[Decapitation|beheaded]] near the [[Staffora|Iria River]] ([[Lombardy]]). 
* [[Olybrius]] becomes the second candidate for the western [[throne]]. He is the husband of [[Placidia]], who is being held in Vandal captivity.    
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Libius Severus]], Roman [[Roman Senate|senator]] from [[Lucania]], is declared emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]].
* [[Vandal War (461-468)]]: King [[Genseric]] continues the [[Vandals|Vandal]] raids on the coast of [[Sicily]] and [[Italy]]. Ricimer sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to [[Carthage]].

==== Europe ====
* The [[Visigoths]] under king [[Theodoric II]] recapture [[Septimania]] (Southern [[Gaul]]) after the [[assassination]] of Majorian, and invade [[Hispania]] again. 
* [[Aegidius]] becomes ruler over the [[Domain of Soissons]] (Gaul). He has friendly relations with the [[Romano-British culture|Romano-British]] (in [[History of Brittany|Brittany]]).

==== Anatolia ====
*[[461 Apahunik' earthquake]]. It affected the province of Apahunik', located to the north of [[Lake Van]], in [[Anatolia]].<ref name="Guidoboni">Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 114-115</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo I]] dies at [[Rome]], age 61 (approximate), after a 21-year reign in which he has resisted [[Manichaeism]] and defended the Church against [[Nestorianism]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Hilarius|Hilarius]] as the 46th [[pope]].
* [[Mamertus]] is elected [[Ancient Diocese of Vienne|bishop of Vienne]] (Gaul). 
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== Births ==
* [[Hilderic]], king of the [[Vandals]] (approximate date)
* [[Romulus Augustulus]], emperor of the Western Roman Empire

== Deaths ==
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Majorian]], emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]]
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo I]]
* [[Palladius (bishop of Ireland)|Palladius]], first [[bishop]] of [[Ireland]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{citation | last1=Guidoboni | first1= Emanuela | last2=Traina | first2= Giusto| title=A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century | year=1995 | journal=Annals of Geophysics | volume= 38 | doi= 10.4401/ag-4134 | url =https://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4134| doi-access=free }}

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