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King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

Events Before

  1. Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker

    Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker

  2. King of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric the Great, murders King Odoacer of Italy with his sword at a banquet in Ravenna

    Odoacer (433 – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who was an officer of the Roman army and deposed the Western Roman...

  3. Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope

    Pope Anastasius II (died 19 November 498) was the bishop of Rome from 24 November 496 to his death on 19 November 498.

  4. King Clovis I is baptized a Roman Catholic in Reims cathedral - first Germanic king to do so, according to Henry of Tour

    King Clovis I is baptized a Roman Catholic in Reims cathedral - first Germanic king to do so, according to Henry of Tours (year disputed)

  5. St. Symmachus begins his reign as Pope, replacing Anastasius II

    St. Symmachus begins his reign as Pope, replacing Anastasius II

Events After

  1. Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgates the Lex Romania Visigothorum (or Breviary of Alaric), a collection of Roma

    Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgates the Lex Romania Visigothorum (or Breviary of Alaric), a collection of Roman law

  2. 35 bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde, shedding light on the moral conditions of the clergy and lait

    35 bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde, shedding light on the moral conditions of the clergy and laity in southern France

  3. BC Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the Ides of September

    BC Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the Ides of September

  4. A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland

    A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland

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