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Year '''460''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Magnus (consul 460)|Magnus]] and [[Apollonius (consul 460)|Apollonius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1213 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 460 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 ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Majorian]] gathers an expeditionary force ([[Alans]] and other [[barbarian]]s) in [[Liguria]], and enters [[Aquitaine]] after a long march, where he visits King [[Theodoric II]] at [[Toulouse]].
* Majorian invades [[Hispania]]; his generals [[Nepotianus (magister militiae)|Nepotianus]] and [[Sunieric]] lead a [[Visigothic|Visigoth]] army into [[Gallaecia]]. The [[Suebi]] are defeated and [[Lusitania]] (modern [[Portugal]]) is conquered.  
* King [[Genseric]], fearing a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] invasion, tries to negotiate peace with Majorian, who refuses. The [[Vandals]] devastate [[Mauretania]] and [[Moors|Moorish]] warriors poison the wells.
* Majorian assembles a large fleet in [[Cartagena, Spain|Nova Carthago]] (Cartagena) in preparation for an invasion of the [[Vandal Kingdom]] in Africa. However, King Genseric organizes an attack on the fleet, using individuals sympathetic to the Vandals to conduct the raid. The fleet is destroyed and the expedition is abandoned.<ref>{{Citation|last=Merrills|first=Andy|title=Rome and the Vandals|date=2017-02-17|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/CBO9781782049081A115/type/book_part|work=The Sea in History - The Ancient World|pages=506|editor-last=Buchet|editor-first=Christian|edition=1|publisher=Boydell and Brewer Limited|doi=10.1017/9781782049081.041|isbn=978-1-78204-908-1|access-date=2020-08-03|editor2-last=Arnaud|editor2-first=Pascal|editor3-last=de Souza|editor3-first=Philip|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* Emperor [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]] founds the [[Excubitors]] ([[imperial guard]]) at [[Constantinople]]; this elite [[Tagma (military)|tagmatic]] unit (300 men) is recruited from among the warlike [[Isauria]]ns (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[March 27]] (night) &ndash; [[Swabia]]ns invade the [[Gauls|Gallic]] city of [[Lugo]]. The [[governor]] is killed.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Hepthalite]]s (White Huns) conquer the remnants of the [[Kushan Empire]] and enter [[India]].
* A [[famine]] that will last for several years begins in the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* The remodeling of the dome of [[Baptistry of Neon]] at [[Ravenna]] ([[Italy]]) is finished.
* The [[Ajanta Caves]] ([[India]]) are completed (cut into the volcanic [[Rock cut architecture|rock]] and elaborately painted).
* The seated [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] in the [[Yungang Grottoes]], [[Datong]] ([[Shanxi]]), is made (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* The [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Church]] ([[Egypt]]) splits from the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa|Chalcedonian Orthodox Church of Alexandria]].
* [[Gennadius of Constantinople|Gennadius I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], banishes [[Pope Timothy II of Alexandria|Timothy II]], [[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria|patriarch of Alexandria]].
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== Births ==
* [[Budic II of Brittany|Budic II]], king of [[Brittany]] (approximate date)
* [[Hilderic]], king of the [[Vandals]] and [[Alans]] (approximate date)
* [[Romulus Augustulus]], last emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]] (approximate date)
* [[Sanghapala]], [[Khmer people|Mon-Khmer]] monk (d. [[524]])

== Deaths ==
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Aelia Eudocia]], [[List of Roman and Byzantine empresses|Roman empress]] and wife of [[Theodosius II]]
* [[Ardaric]], king of the [[Gepids]] (approximate date)
* [[Juqu Anzhou]], prince of the Chinese [[Xiongnu]] states [[Northern Liang]]

== References ==
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