Editing 488

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{About year|488}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}
{{Year nav|488}}
{{M1 year in topic}}__NOTOC__
Year '''488''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLXXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Claudius Julius Ecclesius Dynamius|Ecclesius]] and [[Rufius Achilius Sividius|Sividius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1241 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 488 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 ==
<onlyinclude>

=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] regains power from the usurper [[Leontius (usurper)|Leontius]] and the [[Isauria]]n patrician [[Illus]], who are captured and executed, ending a 4-year [[rebellion]] (see [[484]]).
* Zeno orders [[Theodoric the Great]] to overthrow his rival [[Odoacer]], who has established himself as [[king of Italy]] (see [[476]]). He marches with an [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogoth]] army to the West.

==== Europe ==== 
* According to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', [[Hengist and Horsa|Hengist]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Oisc of Kent|Oisc]] as king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]].
* Among the peoples who live on the south bank of the [[Danube]] in ''[[Noricum ripense]]'' and who are ''de facto'' ruled by the [[Rugii]], whose empire has its centre near [[Krems an der Donau|Krems]] on the north bank, are Romii who had been evacuated earlier from Danube settlements above the [[River Enns]]. They include members of the [[Severinus of Noricum|Severin]] [[convent]]. Because some of the Rugii want to fight for East Rome against [[Odoacer]], they destroy the Rugian Empire and allow the Romii to be evacuated to Italy by his brother, [[Hunulf]], in order to prevent the re-establishment of the Rugian Empire by a surviving prince. The northern [[Danubian Limes]] of the Roman Empire are effectively abandoned. Even the relics of [[Severinus of Noricum]] are carried with them.
* The [[Gepids]] capture [[Belgrade]].

==== Persia ====
* [[Kavadh I]] is [[Coronation|crowned]] by the [[Nobility|nobles]], and succeeds his blind uncle [[Balash]] as the 19th king of [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Emperor Ninken|Ninken]], adopted heir of [[Emperor Seinei|Seinei]], succeeds his brother [[Emperor Kenzō|Kenzō]] and becomes new emperor of [[Japan]]. 

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Peter the Fuller]] is succeeded by [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Palladius]] as [[patriarch of Antioch]].
* [[Patriarch Fravitta of Constantinople|Fravitta]] becomes [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]].
</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Emperor He of Southern Qi|He Di]], emperor of [[Southern Qi]] (d. [[AD 502|502]])
* [[Senán mac Geirrcinn]], Irish saint<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clare People: Saint Senan: Life of St. Senan - St. Patrick foretells the coming of St. Senan |url=https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/chapter1.htm |access-date=November 13, 2024 |publisher=Clare Library}}</ref>
* [[Empress Yu (Northern Wei)|Yu]], empress of [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[507]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Balash]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]
* [[Hengest and Horsa|Hengest]], leader of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]]
* [[Illus]], Byzantine general
* [[Leontius (usurper)|Leontius]], Byzantine usurper
* [[Peter the Fuller]], [[patriarch of Antioch]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:488}}
[[Category:488| ]]