473 CE

Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Emperor Leo I refuses to recognize him, and chooses Julius Nepos as candidate to the Western throne. Leo I grants his grandson Leo II, age 6, the title of Caesar (approximate date). The Ostrogoths leave Pannonia, and migrate to Macedonia and Moesia, from whence they ravage the Balkans.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Theodoric Strabo signs a peace treaty with Leo I, and according to the terms the Goths are paid with an annual tribute of 2,000 pounds of gold. Leo gives him an independent state in Thrace and he obtains the rank of magister militum.source

Conflict & Security

King Euric orders the invasion of Italy, but is defeated by Glycerius. The Visigoths withdraw to Gaul, and conquer the cities of Arles and Marseille.source

Religion & Belief

March 3 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Emperor Leo I refuses to recognize him, and chooses Julius Nepos as candidate to the Western throne.source
October 25 – Leo I grants his grandson Leo II, age 6, the title of Caesar (approximate date).source

Health & Medicine

The Ostrogoths leave Pannonia, and migrate to Macedonia and Moesia, from whence they ravage the Balkans.source

Births

Kavad I, king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire from 488 to 531, with an interruption of two yearssource
Xiao Zhaoye, Chinese emperor of Southern Qi (known as the Prince of Yulin) (d. 494)source

Deaths

Gundobad returns to Burgundy, where his father Gondioc has died, and becomes king of the Burgundians.source
Euthymius the Great, abbot and bishop (b. 377)source
Gondioc, king of Burgundy (approximate date)source