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Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• Julius Nepos becomes western Roman Emperor, deposing Glycerius.

Eastern Roman Empire

• January 18 — Leo II briefly becomes emperor.
• February 9 — Zeno is crowned as co-emperor.
• November 17 — The death of Leo II leaves Zeno sole Emperor of the Eastern Empire; his mother-in-law Verina conspires against him.
• Forty-five years of conflict between the Roman Empire and the Vandals ends, when the eastern Roman Emperor Zeno's envoys conclude a peace with King Geiseric.

Births

• Anthemius of Tralles, mathematician (approximate date)
• Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop and Latin poet (approximate date)

Deaths

• January 18 — Leo I, Eastern Roman Emperor
• November 17 — Leo II, Eastern Roman Emperor
• Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths

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