476

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Events

By place

Western Roman Empire

*September 4 — Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed by Odoacer. This event is traditionally regarded as the date of the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the European Dark Ages.

Eastern Roman Empire

*August — The usurper Basiliscus is deposed and Zeno is restored as Eastern Roman Emperor.

Asia

*The birth of Aryabhata is traditionally regarded as the beginning of the classical period of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy.

By Topic

Religion

*Peter the Fuller is restored as Patriarch of Antioch.

Births

*Aryabhata, Indian mathematician and astronomer

Deaths

*August 28 — Flavius Orestes, master of soldiers of the Western Roman Empire
*Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei