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Events

By place

Europe

* Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, continues his invasion of Italy with the approval of Byzantine emperor Zeno.
* August 28 — Theodoric defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
* September 27 - Battle of Verona: Odoacer attacks Theodoric again, and is defeated a second time.

Byzantine Empire

* Flavius Zeno (emperor) closes the Nestorian academy in Edessa.

By topic

Religion

* The first Confucian Temple is constructed in north China (outside the ancestral temple at Qufu).

Births

* Emperor Buretsu of Japan

Deaths

* Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople
* Fravitta, Patriarch of Constantinople
* Peter, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
* Wang Jian