Editing 498 (section)

=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] abolishes the [[Collatio lustralis|chrysargyron]] tax throughout the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]], before reforming the monetary system, using [[Greek numerals]] instead of [[Roman numerals|Roman]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHOqFJmBRZ8C&q=chrysargyron+tax+498&pg=PA56|title=Reading Patristic Texts on Social Ethics: Issues and Challenges for the Twenty-First Century|last1=Leemans|first1=Johan|last2=Matz|first2=Brian J.|last3=Verstraeten|first3=Johan|publisher=The Catholic University of America Press|year=2011|isbn=9780813218595|location=Washington, DC|pages=56|language=en}}</ref>

==== Persia ====
* [[Kavadh I]] returns from [[exile]] with support of 30,000 [[Hephthalite]]s (White [[Huns]]), and again assumes the [[Sassanid Empire|Sassanid]] [[throne]]. He punishes his opponents and probably his brother [[Djamasp]], who usurped the throne from him.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CurSh3Sh_KMC&q=Kavadh+I+498&pg=PA559|title=Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages|last1=Magill|first1=Frank Northen|last2=Aves|first2=Alison|last3=Moose|first3=Christina J.|last4=Rehn|first4=Mark|publisher=Routledge|year=1998|isbn=9781579580414|volume=II|location=London and New York|pages=559|language=en}}</ref>

==== Japan ====
* Prince [[Emperor Buretsu|Buretsu]], age 9, succeeds his father [[Emperor Ninken|Ninken]] and becomes the 25th emperor.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1nJbdwgQVUC&q=Emperor+Buretsu+498&pg=PA32|title=The Chrysanthemum Throne: A History of the Emperors of Japan|last=Martin|first=Peter|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=1997|isbn=9780824820299|location=Honolulu, HI|pages=33|language=en}}</ref>