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[[File:Sansimpliciopapa.jpg|thumb|[[Pope Simplicius]] (468–483)]] 
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Year '''468''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Anthemius]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1221 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 468 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]] assembles a massive naval expedition at [[Constantinople]], which costs 64,000 pounds of [[gold]] (more than a year's revenue) and consists of over 1,100 ships carrying 100,000 men. It is the greatest fleet ever sent against the [[Vandals]] and brings Leo near to [[bankruptcy]].
* Emperor [[Anthemius]] sends a Roman expedition under command of [[Marcellinus (magister militum)|Marcellinus]]. He expels the Vandals from [[Sicily]] and retakes [[Sardinia]]. The Eastern general [[Heraclius of Edessa]] lands with a force on the [[Ancient Libya|Libyan]] coast, east of [[Carthage]], and advances from [[Tripolitania]].
* [[Battle of Cape Bon (468)|Battle of Cape Bon]]: The Vandals defeat the [[Roman navy]] under [[Basiliscus]], anchored at ''[[Cape Bon|Promontorium Mercurii]]'', 45 miles from Carthage ([[Tunisia]]). During peace negotiations [[Genseric]] uses [[fire ship]]s, filling them with brushwood and pots of [[oil]], destroying 700 imperial [[galley]]s. Basiliscus escapes with his surviving fleet to Sicily, harassed all the way by [[Moors|Moorish]] pirates.
* [[August]] &ndash; Marcellinus is murdered in Sicily, probably at the instigation of his political rival, [[Ricimer]]. Heraclius is left to fight alone against the Vandals; after a 2-year campaign in the [[desert]] he returns to Constantinople.
* Basiliscus returns to Constantinople after a disastrous expedition against the Vandals. He is forced to seek sanctuary in the church of [[Hagia Sophia]] to escape the wrath of the people. Leo I gives him imperial [[pardon]], but banishes him for 3 years to [[Heraclea Sintica]] ([[Thrace]]).
* [[Dengizich]], son of [[Attila|Attila the Hun]], sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to Constantinople to demand money. Leo I offers the [[Huns]] settlement in Thrace in exchange for recognition of his authority. Dengizich refuses and crosses the [[Danube]].
* Roman forces under [[Anagast]] defeat the Huns at the river [[Utus]] (Vit, Bulgaria). Dengizich is killed and his head is paraded through the streets of Constantinople. Stuck on the end of a wooden pole, it is displayed above the [[Walls of Constantinople|Xylokerkos Gate]].<ref>The End of Empire (p. 269). Christopher Kelly, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-393-33849-2}}</ref>
* The Vandals reconquer Sicily, administering a decisive defeat to the [[Western Roman Empire|Western forces]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[February 29]] &ndash; [[Pope Hilarius]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 6½-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Pope Simplicius|Simplicius]] as the 47th [[pope]].
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== Births ==
* [[Nectan of Hartland]], [[Wales|Welsh]] prince and [[saint]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 29]], &ndash; [[Pope Hilarius]]
* [[Dengizich]], king of the [[Huns]] (approximate date)
* [[Guṇabhadra|Gunabhadra]], Indian [[Mahayana|Buddhist]] scholar-monk (b. [[394]])
* [[Marcellinus (magister militum)|Marcellinus]], Roman general (''[[magister militum]]'')

== References ==
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