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Years: 470 471 472 473 - 474 - 475 476 477 478

Decades: 440s 450s 460s - 470s - 480s 490s 500s

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

• January 18 - Leo II becomes briefly Byzantine emperor.
• February 9 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire
• November 17 - The death of Leo II leaves Zeno sole Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire]]; his mother-in-law Verina conspires against him.

• Julius Nepos becomes western Roman Emperor, deposing Glycerius.
• Forty-five years of conflict between the Roman Empire and the Vandals end when the eastern Roman Emperor Zeno's envoys conclude a peace with King Geiseric.

Births

• Anthemius of Tralles, mathematician (estimated date)

Deaths

• January 18 - Leo I, Eastern Roman Emperor
• November 17 - Leo II, Eastern Roman Emperor