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Year '''485''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus|Memmius]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1238 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 485 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 ===
==== Britannia ====
* [[Aelle of Sussex]], king of the [[Kingdom of Sussex|South Saxons]], fights the [[Britons (historical)|Britons]] at the stream of [[Battle of Mercredesburne|Mercredesburne]]. The battle ends in a draw (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').
* Period of [[King Arthur|Arthur]]'s "twelve battles", during which he gains reputation for invincibility (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei|Xiaowen]] institutes an "[[Equal-field system|equal-field]]" system of [[agriculture]] (''juntian''), assigning each [[peasant]] family about 19 acres (140 [[Chinese units of measurement|mu]]) of land. The land will be part minority divided by the [[farmer]] to be kept indefinitely and rest will revert to the state if the farmer dies or retires. The population is then divided by each other with the role of supervising one another. The result of this reform is that farmers mostly did not sell their holdings to large landowners. This provided the fiscal basis for the formation of the [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] and [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] dynasties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xiaowendi {{!}} emperor of Wei dynasty {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Xiaowendi |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Prince [[Emperor Kenzō|Kenzō]] succeeds his adoptive father [[Emperor Seinei|Seinei]], and becomes the 23rd [[emperor of Japan]].<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 42.</ref><ref name="kunaicho">[[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''): [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/023/index.html  顕宗天皇 (23)]; retrieved 2013-8-29.</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Peter the Fuller]], [[patriarch of Antioch]], is condemned and [[excommunicate]]d by a [[synod]] of Western bishops at [[Rome]].
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== Births ==
* [[Cassiodorus]], Roman statesman and writer (approximate date)
* [[Samson of Dol]], bishop and saint (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Proclus]], Greek Neoplatonist philosopher (b. [[412]])
* [[Abraham of Clermont]], abbot and saint (approximate date)
* [[Asclepigenia]], Athenian philosopher and mystic (b. [[430]])
* [[Fincath mac Garrchu]], [[List of kings of Leinster|king of Leinster]]

== References ==
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