Editing 496

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[[File:Battle of Tolbiac.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Clovis I]] leading the [[Franks]] to victory, by [[Ary Scheffer]] (1881)]]
[[File:Battle of Tolbiac map-en.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Battle of Tolbiac]] (496)]]
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Year '''496''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXCVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Paulus (consul 496)|Paulus]] without colleague''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1249 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 496 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 ====
* Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] has [[Patriarch Euphemius of Constantinople|Euphemius]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], deposed and [[Excommunication|excommunicated]]. He appoints [[Patriarch Macedonius II of Constantinople|Macedonius II]] as his successor. Euphemius is sent into [[exile]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Tolbiac]]: King [[Clovis I]] defeats the [[Alamanni]] at [[Zülpich]] ([[Germany]]). [[Gibuld]], last king of the Alamanni, is killed in battle and the territory is incorporated into the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* [[December 25]] &ndash; Clovis I is [[Baptism|baptized]] into the [[Catholicism|Catholic]] faith at [[Rheims]], by [[Saint Remigius]]. The conversion strengthens the bonds between his [[Gallo-Roman culture|Gallo-Roman]] subjects, led by their Catholic [[bishop]]s.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

==== Africa ====
* [[Thrasamund]] succeeds his brother [[Gunthamund]] after his death, and becomes king of the [[Vandals]]. Under his rule, he resumes the [[persecution]] of the [[Catholic Church|Catholics]].<ref>{{cite book|first=David E. |last=Wilhite|title=Ancient African Christianity: An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition|location=London|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|isbn=978-1-13512-142-6|page=275}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* King [[Kavadh I]] of [[Iran|Persia]] is deposed and exiled to [[Elam|Susiana]] by his younger brother [[Djamasp]]. He is installed by the [[Nobility|nobles]] to the [[Sassanid Empire|Sassanid]] throne.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
* Emperor [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei|Xiao Wen Di]] of [[Northern Wei]] starts the [[Sinicization]] process, by changing his clan name to the [[Han Chinese]] surname [[Yuan (surname)|Yuan]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Pope Gelasius I|Gelasius I]] dies after a 4-year reign,<ref name=mcbrien>{{cite book|first=Richard P.|last=McBrien|title=Lives of the Popes|publisher=HarperSanFrancisco|location=San Francisco|year=1997|isbn=978-0-06065-304-0|page=80|url=https://archive.org/details/livesofpopespont00mcbr/page/80/mode/2up}}</ref> and is succeeded by the [[Rome]]-born [[Pope Anastasius II|Anastasius II]] as the 50th [[pope]].
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== Births ==
* [[Childebert I]], king of the [[Franks]] (d. [[558]])
* [[Erzhu Tianguang]], general of [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[532]])
* [[Gao Huan]], general of Northern Wei (d. [[547]])
* [[Germain of Paris|Germain]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris|bishop of Paris]] (d. [[576]])

== Deaths ==
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Pope Gelasius I]].<ref name=mcbrien/>
* [[Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria|Athanasius]], [[List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria]]
* [[Epiphanius of Pavia|Epiphanius]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia|bishop of Pavia]] (b. [[438]]).<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pauline|last1=Allen|first2=Bronwen|last2=Neil|title=Crisis Management in Late Antiquity (410-590 CE): A Survey of the Evidence from Episcopal Letters|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|year=2013|isbn=978-9-00425-482-4|page=24}}</ref>
* [[Gennadius of Massilia]], [[priest]] and historian.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D. with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies|publisher=Hendrickson Publishers|location=Peabody|year=2014|isbn=978-1-61970-269-1|page=715}}</ref>
* [[Gibuld]], king of the [[Alamanni]]
* [[Gunthamund]], king of the [[Vandals]] and [[Alans]]

== References ==
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