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[[File:Semissis-Anastasius I-sb0007.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] (491–518)]]
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Year '''491''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Olybrius (consul 491)|Olybrius]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1244 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 491 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 ====
* [[April 9]] &ndash; Emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], age 66, dies of [[dysentery]] (or of [[epilepsy]]) after a 17-year reign. He has no sons to succeed him and [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius]], palace official (''[[silentiarius]]'') and  favoured friend of empress [[Ariadne (empress)|Ariadne]], is elevated to the [[throne]]. 
* [[May 20]] &ndash; Anastasius I marries Ariadne shortly after his accession. His reign is disturbed by [[Religion|religious]] distractions and a [[civil war]] started by [[Longinus (consul 486)|Longinus]], brother of late emperor Zeno.    
* Anti-[[Isauria]]n riots break out in the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]] at [[Constantinople]]. Longinus and several other Isaurians, including general [[Longinus of Cardala]], are exiled to [[Thebaid]] ([[Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Egypt]]).

==== Britannia ====
* [[Aelle of Sussex]] besieges and conquers the fortified town [[Anderitum]] in southern [[Great Britain|Britain]]. He massacres the population, apparently [[Sub-Roman Britain|sub-Roman]] [[Britons (historical)|Brythons]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').

==== Europe ====
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Odoacer]] makes a night assault with his [[Heruli]] guardsmen, engaging [[Theodoric the Great]] in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric repulses the attack, forcing Odoacer back into [[Ravenna]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Munjamyeong of Goguryeo|Munjamyeong]] becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of [[Goguryeo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Lupicinus of Lyon|Lupicinus]] becomes [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lyon|bishop of Lyon]]. He is the founder of the [[abbey]]s of [[Saint-Claude, Jura|Saint Claude]] ([[Jura Mountains]]).

== Births ==
* Approximate date - [[John Malalas]], Byzantine [[Chronology|chronicler]] (d. c. [[578]])<ref>{{cite web |title=John Malalas {{!}} Byzantine chronicler |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Malalas |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]]
* [[Peter the Iberian]], [[Georgian Orthodox Church|Georgian]] [[Theology|theologian]] and saint

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