484

This article is about the year 484. For the locomotive, see 4-8-4.

Year 484 (CDLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Venantius and Theodoricus (or, less frequently, year 1237 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 484 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	460s 470s 480s 490s 500s
Years:	481 482 483 484 485 486 487

484 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	484 CDLXXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1237
Assyrian calendar	5234
Balinese saka calendar	405–406
Bengali calendar	−109
Berber calendar	1434
Buddhist calendar	1028
Burmese calendar	−154
Byzantine calendar	5992–5993
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3181 or 2974     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 3182 or 2975
Coptic calendar	200–201
Discordian calendar	1650
Ethiopian calendar	476–477
Hebrew calendar	4244–4245
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	540–541
- Shaka Samvat	405–406
- Kali Yuga	3584–3585
Holocene calendar	10484
Iranian calendar	138 BP – 137 BP
Islamic calendar	142 BH – 141 BH
Javanese calendar	370–371
Julian calendar	484 CDLXXXIV
Korean calendar	2817
Minguo calendar	1428 before ROC 民前1428年
Nanakshahi calendar	−984
Seleucid era	795/796 AG
Thai solar calendar	1026–1027
Tibetan calendar	阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 610 or 229 or −543     — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 611 or 230 or −542

King Alaric II (484–507)

The Visigothic Kingdom

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• July 19 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). Empress dowager Verina sends a letter to the governors of the Diocese of the East and the Diocese of Egypt for support. He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
• Leontius raises a rebellion against emperor Zeno, who also faces a revolt from the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great. He sends an army to Syria, but is defeated by the Byzantine general Illus.
• Zeno signs a peace treaty with Theodoric the Great. He appoints him to magister militum and becomes a consul. The Eastern Empire is saved by diplomatic negotiations, and the imperial army is strengthened behind the walls of Constantinople.

Europe

• King Gundobad proclaims the Lex Burgundionum, a law code of the Burgundians concerning marriage and inheritance, as well as regulating weregild and other penalties (approximate date).
• December 28 – The Visigoth king Euric dies and is succeeded by his son Alaric II. Euric has built a rampart to protect the city of Carcassonne southeast of Toulouse, on a bend of the Aude River.

Africa

• February 24 – King Huneric passes the Edict of 484, a law banning Catholicism within the Vandal Kingdom.^[1] A few weeks later, King Huneric removes Catholic bishops from their offices and banishes some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.^[2]
• December 23 – Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics are free from persecutions and he stabilises the kingdom's economy.

Asia

• The Hephthalites (White Huns) invade Persia. King Peroz I gathers an army of 50,000-100,000 men, and places his brother Balash at the head of the government in Ctesiphon. At the Battle of Herat, the Persians are ambushed and defeated. Peroz I is killed, his body is with dignity returned and buried with full honors. Balash is crowned and becomes king of Persia.
• The Nvarsak Treaty is concluded between the Persians and Armenians.

By topic

Religion

• Pope Felix III excommunicates Acacius of Constantinople and Peter III of Alexandria, for their role in having Zeno issue his Edict of Union (Henotikon) 2 years ago. He considers the edict to be heretical and the schism between the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople widens. The Acacian Schism will not be resolved until 519.

Births

• Antonina, Byzantine patrikia and wife of Belisarius (approximate date)
• Brendan, Irish abbot and saint (approximate date)

Deaths

• December 23 – Huneric, king of the Vandals
• Euric, king of the Visigoths
• Peroz I, king of the Persian Empire
• Seinei, emperor of Japan
• Verina, wife of former emperor Leo I

References

1. Wickham, Chris (2005). Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800. OUP Oxford. p. 88.
2. saintpatrickdc.org Archived June 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine: Saints of March 23