488

Years: 484 485 486 487 - 488 - 489 490 491 492

Decades: 450s 460s 470s - 480s - 490s 500s 510s

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

Events

• Theodoric the Great becomes king of the Ostrogoths.
• Kavadh I succeeds Balash in Persia.
• John succeeds Peter as Patriarch of Antioch.
• Oisc becomes king of Kent.
• Fravitta becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Theodoric the Great invades Italy.
• The Gepids capture Belgrade.

Births

Deaths

• Hengest, leader of the Anglo-Saxons
• Peter the Fuller, Patriarch of Antioch (approximate date)