469 CE
King Euric defeated the Romano-Breton army of Riothamus at Déols (modern Châteauroux). The Vatican makes a pact with the Salian Frankish king Childeric I, agreeing to call him "the new Constantine" on condition that he accept conversion to Christianity. The Vandals invade Epirus (modern Greece). They are expelled from the Peloponnese (Greece) and in retaliation, the Vandals take 500 hostages at Zakynthos. On the way back to Carthage they are slaughtered.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Ostrogoth prince Theodoric, age 15, returns to Pannonia, after living as a child hostage at the court of Emperor Leo I in Constantinople (see 459).source
Conflict & Security
- King Euric defeated the Romano-Breton army of Riothamus at Déols (modern Châteauroux).source
- Roman lord Lusidius surrenders Lisbon to the Suevi.source
- Adovacrius defeats Paulus in the Battle of Angerssource
- The Vandals invade Epirus (modern Greece). They are expelled from the Peloponnese (Greece) and in retaliation, the Vandals take 500 hostages at Zakynthos. On the way back to Carthage they are slaughtered.source
Religion & Belief
- The Vatican makes a pact with the Salian Frankish king Childeric I, agreeing to call him "the new Constantine" on condition that he accept conversion to Christianity.source