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466 CE

Euric sends an embassy to the Eastern Roman Empire for recognition of the Visigoth sovereignty. He forms an alliance with the Suebi and the Vandals. King Mehama of the Alkhans was victorious in a battle against the Kidarites. A council of twelve townships emerges on the islands in the Venetian lagoon, to form a basic system of governance (approximate date).

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Euric sends an embassy to the Eastern Roman Empire for recognition of the Visigoth sovereignty. He forms an alliance with the Suebi and the Vandals.source

Conflict & Security

  • Emperor Leo I repels the Hun invasion of Dacia (modern Romania). They ravage the Balkans but are unable to take Constantinople thanks to the city walls, which are rebuilt and reinforced.source
  • King Mehama of the Alkhans was victorious in a battle against the Kidarites.source

Religion & Belief

  • Peter the Fuller is deposed as patriarch of Antioch; Julian is elected as his successor.source
  • A council of twelve townships emerges on the islands in the Venetian lagoon, to form a basic system of governance (approximate date).source

Crime & Justice

  • Tarasicodissa, an Isaurian officer, comes with evidence that Ardabur (magister militum) is forming a conspiracy against Leo I. Ardabur is arrested for treason.source
  • King Theodoric II is killed by his younger brother Euric, who succeeds him on the throne. He conquers Hispania and the harbor city of Marseille (Southern Gaul), adding them to the existing Visigothic Kingdom.source

Culture & Society

  • Tarasicodissa adopts the Greek name of Zeno and marries Ariadne, eldest daughter of Leo I (approximate date).source

Births

  • Xu Mian, high official of the Liang dynasty (d. 535)source
  • Clovis I, first king of the Franks (approximate date)source
  • Arthur, king of the Britons (approximate date according to legend)source

Deaths

  • January 1 – Emperor Qianfei, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 449)source
  • Lu Huinan, empress dowager of Liu Song (b. 412)source
  • Yifu Hun, high official of Northern Weisource
  • Theodoret of Cyprus, theologiansource
  • Theodoric II, king of the Visigothssource
  • Liu Zixun, prince and pretender of Liu Song (b. 456)source