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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|493}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2017}} {{Year nav|493}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Ostrogothic Kingdom.png|thumb|259px|The [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]] (493–553)]] Year '''493''' ([[Roman numerals|CDXCIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Caecina Decius Faustus Albinus|Albinus]] and [[Eusebius (consul 489)|Eusebius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1246 ''[[ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 493 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 ==== * [[Isaurian War]]: [[Claudiopolis (Cappadocia)|Claudiopolis]], ancient city of [[Cappadocia]], is besieged and captured by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. The [[Isauria]]ns blockade the mountain passes, but [[John the Hunchback]] (John ''Gibbo'') wins an overwhelming victory against the rebels. ==== Ireland ==== * [[March]] – [[Battle for the Body of St. Patrick]]: The [[Uí Néill]] Dynasty fights over the body of [[Saint Patrick]] with the [[Airgialla]] Kingdom (according to the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]''). ==== Europe ==== * [[February 25]] – [[Odoacer]] surrenders [[Ravenna]] after a 3-year [[siege]], and agrees to a mediated peace with [[Theodoric the Great]], who steadily consolidates his rule and provides security for the local population. His achievement is to manage the transformation of [[Italy]] from being the center of a fractured [[Roman Empire]] to a successful and independent [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]].<ref>The End of Empire (p. 275). Christopher Kelly, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-393-33849-2}}</ref> * [[Onoulphus]], brother of Odoacer, is killed during the siege of Ravenna by [[Archery|archer]]s while seeking refuge in a church. * [[March 15]] – Odoacer is invited to a [[banquet]] organised in order to celebrate the [[peace treaty]]. During the festivities, Odoacer is killed by Theodoric the Great. His body is skillfully sliced in half in full view of his guests. A massacre of Odoacer's soldiers and supporters follows. * Theodoric the Great allies with the [[Franks]] and marries [[Audofleda]], sister of [[Clovis I]]. He also marries his own female relatives to princes or kings of the [[Burgundians]], [[Vandals]] and [[Visigoths]], establishing a political alliance with the [[Germans|Germanic]] kingdoms in the West. * Clovis I marries the Burgundian princess [[Clotilde]], age 18; she is brought up in the [[Catholicism|Catholic]] faith and is the daughter of King [[Chilperic II of Burgundy|Chilperic II]]. Her father is murdered in the same year by his brother [[Gundobad]]. ==== China ==== * Emperor [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei|Xiao Wen Di]] starts adopting a [[sinicization]] policy as well as various reforms. He marries [[Empress Feng Qing|Feng Qing]], who becomes empress of the [[Northern Wei]] Dynasty. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Mor Hananyo Monastery]] is established by Mor Shlemon, converting a former Roman fortress (ex temple) in the [[Tur Abdin]] region on the Turkish/Syrian border. </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[Cerbonius]], [[bishop]] of [[Populonia]] (approximate date) * [[Erzhu Rong]], general of [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[530]]) == Deaths == * [[March 15]] – [[Odoacer]], first "[[barbarian]]" king of [[Italy]] (b. [[433]]) * [[March 17]] (approximate date) – [[Saint Patrick]], Romano-British Christian missionary, [[patron saint]] of [[Ireland]] * [[Chilperic II of Burgundy|Chilperic II]], king of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] * [[Daniel the Stylite]], Christian [[saint]] * [[Onoulphus]], general and brother of Odoacer * [[Emperor Wu of Southern Qi]] (b. [[440]]) * [[Xiao Zhangmao]], [[crown prince]] of [[Southern Qi]] (b. [[458]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:493}} [[Category:493| ]]
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