480
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 450s 460s 470s – 480s – 490s 500s 510s |
| Years: | 477 478 479 – 480 – 481 482 483 |
Events
Europe
Asia
- Narasimhagupta Baladitya follows his father Skandagupta as king of the Gupta Empire.
Births
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Christian philosopher, was born.
- Damascius, a Neoplatonist philosopher, was born.
- Gelimer, the last king of the Vandals, was born.
- Benedict of Nursia, an early monasticist, was born (approximate date)
- Scholastica, the twin sister of Benedict of Nursia, was born.
- Xiao Zhaowen, the emperor of China's Southern Qi Dynasty (who was often known as the Prince of Hailing), was born.
Deaths
- Julius Nepos, the last legitimate Western Roman Emperor, was killed.
- Skandagupta, the ruler of the Gupta Empire, died.
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