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Events

By place

Europe

Byzantine Empire

By topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Europe

★ Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, continues his invasion of Italy with the approval of Byzantine emperor Zeno.

★ August 28 — Theodoric defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.

★ September 27 — Odoacer attacks Theodoric again at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated a second time.

Byzantine Empire

★ Zeno closes the Nestorian academy in Edessa.

By topic

Religion

★ First Confucian Temple constructed in north China (outside the ancestral temple at Qufu).

Births

★ Emperor Buretsu

Deaths

★ Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople

★ Fravitta, Patriarch of Constantinople

★ Peter, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria

★ Wang Jian