__NOTOC__ Year 474 ( CDLXXIV) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leo without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1227 ''

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''). The denomination 474 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

By place

Roman Empire

* January 18 – Emperor Leo I dies of dysentery at Constantinople, after a 17-year reign. He is succeeded by his 7-year-old grandson Leo II, who briefly becomes ruler of the Byzantine Empire. * February 9 – Zeno, father of Leo II, is crowned as co-emperor ('' Augustus''). He rules the empire together with his son, and stabilises the Eastern frontier. * June 24 – Julius Nepos arrives at

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, and marches on Ravenna. He forces Glycerius to abdicate the throne, and proclaims himself emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * Glycerius is exiled to

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( Balkans) and becomes bishop of Salona. Neither the

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nor the Gallo-Roman aristocracy decide to resist, and Nepos accepts the '' imperial purple''. * November 17 – Leo II dies of an unknown disease (possibly

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ed by his mother Ariadne), after a reign of 10 months. Zeno becomes sole Eastern Emperor. * Winter – Zeno sends an embassy, to conclude a peace with King Genseric. He succeeds in an agreement with the Vandals, to secure the commercial routes in the Mediterranean.

By topic

Art

* A statue of a ''

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'' from Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, (during the Gupta period) is made. It is now kept at the Sarnath Museum in India (source states the creation date as 1st to 2nd century BCE).

Births

Abraham of Kratia Abraham of Cratia or Krateia ( 474 – 558) was a Christian monk from Emesa (now Homs) Byzantine Syria. He is recognized as a saint in the Christian church, with a feast day of 6 December. He was born at Emesa in Byzantine Syria. The community ...

, Christian monk,

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(approximate date) * Anthemius of Tralles, Greek architect, mathematician (approximate date) * Clotilde, Christian wife of

Clovis I Clovis ( la, Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: ; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single kin ...

, ancestress of the succeeding Merovingian kings (Approximate date) (d.

545 __NOTOC__ Year 545 ( DXLV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 545 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era be ...

) * Magnus Felix Ennodius, bishop, Latin poet (approximate date)

Deaths

* January 18 – Leo I, Byzantine emperor (b.

401 __NOTOC__ Year 401 ( CDI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vincentius and Fravitus (or, less frequently, year 1154 ' ...

) * November 17 – Leo II, Byzantine emperor (b.

467 __NOTOC__ Year 467 ( CDLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 467th Year of the Common Era ( CE) and Anno Domini ( AD) designations, the 467th year of the 1st millennium, t ...

) * Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths (approximate date)

References

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