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Events

By Place

Europe

• February 25 — Odoacer agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great, and is later killed by him personally. Theodoric becomes king of the Ostrogoths and moves the capital to Ravenna.
• March — The Battle for the Body of St. Patrick is fought between the Ui Neill Dynasty and the Airgialla Kingdom.
• The Frankish king Clovis I marries the Burgundian princess Clotilde.

Byzantine Empire

• Emperor Anastasius I defeats the revolt in Isauria.

Asia

• Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei China starts adopting a sinicization policy as well as various reforms.

Births

• Erzhu Rong

Deaths

• March 15 — Odoacer, King of Italy
• March 17 — Patrick, missionary Bishop to the Irish
• Qi Wu Di, ruler of the Chinese Southern Qi Dynasty
• Xiao Zhangmao

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