Editing 484

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[[File:Alarico II.jpg|thumb|King [[Alaric II]] (484–507)]]
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Year '''484''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLXXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Decius Marius Venantius Basilius|Venantius]] and [[Theodoric the Great|Theodoricus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1237 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 484 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 ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Leontius (usurper)|Leontius]], Roman [[usurper]], is crowned emperor at [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]] (modern [[Turkey]]). Empress dowager [[Verina]] sends a letter to the governors of the [[Diocese of the East]] and the [[Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Diocese of Egypt]] for support. He is recognized in [[Antioch]] and makes it his capital.
* Leontius raises a rebellion against emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], who also faces a revolt from the [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogoth]] king [[Theodoric the Great]]. He sends an army to [[Syria]], but is defeated by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general [[Illus]]. 
* Zeno signs a [[peace treaty]] with Theodoric the Great. He appoints him to ''[[magister militum]]'' and becomes a [[Roman consul|consul]]. The Eastern Empire is saved by diplomatic negotiations, and the imperial army is strengthened behind the walls of [[Constantinople]].

==== Europe ====
* King [[Gundobad]] proclaims the ''[[Lex Burgundionum]]'', a [[Code (law)|law code]] of the [[Burgundians]] concerning [[marriage]] and inheritance, as well as regulating [[weregild]] and other penalties (approximate date).
* [[December 28]] &ndash; The [[Visigoths|Visigoth]] king [[Euric]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Alaric II]]. Euric has built a rampart to protect the city of [[Carcassonne]] southeast of [[Toulouse]], on a bend of the [[Aude (river)|Aude River]].

==== Africa ====
* [[February 24]] &ndash; King [[Huneric]] passes the Edict of 484, a law banning [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] within the [[Vandal Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wickham|first=Chris|title=Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800|publisher=OUP Oxford|year=2005|isbn=|location=|pages=88}}</ref> A few weeks later, King Huneric removes Catholic bishops from their offices and banishes some to [[Corsica]]. A few are [[martyr]]ed, including former proconsul [[Victorian, Frumentius and Companions|Victorian along with Frumentius]] and other merchants. They are killed at [[Hadrumetum]] after refusing to become [[Arianism|Arians]].<ref>[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0323.shtml saintpatrickdc.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613110343/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0323.shtml |date=June 13, 2017 }}: Saints of March 23</ref>
* [[December 23]] &ndash; Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew [[Gunthamund]], who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics are free from persecutions and he stabilises the kingdom's economy.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Hephthalites]] (White [[Huns]]) invade [[Iran|Persia]]. King [[Peroz I]] gathers an army of 50,000-100,000 men, and places his brother [[Balash]] at the head of the government in [[Ctesiphon]]. At the [[Battle of Herat (484)|Battle of Herat]], the [[Persian people|Persians]] are ambushed and defeated. Peroz I is killed, his body is with dignity returned and buried with full honors. Balash is [[Coronation|crowned]] and becomes king of Persia.
* The [[Nvarsak Treaty]] is concluded between the Persians and [[Armenians]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Felix III]] excommunicates [[Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople|Acacius of Constantinople]] and [[Pope Peter III of Alexandria|Peter III of Alexandria]], for their role in having Zeno issue his Edict of Union (''[[Henotikon]]'') 2 years ago. He considers the [[edict]] to be [[Heresy|heretical]] and the schism between the [[Diocese of Rome|Church of Rome]] and the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Church of Constantinople]] widens. The [[Acacian Schism]] will not be resolved until [[519]].
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== Births ==
* [[Antonina (wife of Belisarius)|Antonina]], Byzantine patrikia and wife of [[Belisarius]] (approximate date)
* [[Brendan the Navigator|Brendan]], Irish abbot and saint (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Huneric]], king of the Vandals
* [[Euric]], king of the Visigoths
* [[Peroz I]], king of the Persian Empire
* [[Emperor Seinei|Seinei]], emperor of Japan
* [[Verina]], wife of former emperor [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]]

== References ==
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