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Start of the Lunar Cycle of Hilarius

Start of the Lunar Cycle of Hilarius

Start of the Lunar Cycle of Hilarius

Events Before

  1. Leo I crowned Eastern Roman Emperor, 1st to be crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople

    Leo I crowned Eastern Roman Emperor, 1st to be crowned by the Patriarch of Constantinople

  2. Roman armies proclaim Majorian Emperor of the Western Roman Empire

    In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a...

  3. K'an Ak (Precious Peccary) ascends to the throne of the Maya city of Tikal as its twelfth ruler, succeeding his father S

    K'an Ak (Precious Peccary) ascends to the throne of the Maya city of Tikal as its twelfth ruler, succeeding his father Sihyaj Chan K'awiil (Stormy Sky) [1]

  4. St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope

    St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope

  5. Possible start of the first Byzantine indiction cycle

    Possible start of the first Byzantine indiction cycle

Events After

  1. Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire by Leo I

    Procopius Anthemius (Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος Ανθέμιος, romanized: Prokópios Anthémios; died 11 July 472) was the Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472.

  2. Gallo-Roman scholar Sidonius Apollinaris recites a panegyric in verse in honor of the Emperor Anthemius, his third paneg

    Gallo-Roman scholar Sidonius Apollinaris recites a panegyric in verse in honor of the Emperor Anthemius, his third panegyric, in Rome

  3. St. Simplicius is elected to succeed Pope Hilarius

    St. Simplicius is elected to succeed Pope Hilarius

  4. Glycerius appointed a puppet Emperor of the Western Empire by Burgundian king and patrician Gundobad (deposed 474)

    Glycerius appointed a puppet Emperor of the Western Empire by Burgundian king and patrician Gundobad (deposed 474)

  5. The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I

    The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I

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