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February 7
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Leo I
becomes
East Roman
emperor.
Childeric I
succeeds
Merovech
as king of the
Franks
(or
458
).
Majorian
is declared emperor by
Ricimer
.
Victorius of Aquitania
computes
new tables for celebrating
Easter
.
Hormizd III
becomes
king of Persia
.
Peroz I
rebels against his brother Hormizd III.
4.000
Britons
are slain at the
Crayford
in battle against
Hengist
and his son Esc . (According to the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
)
In India,
Skandagupta
of the
Gupta Empire
defeats the
Hunas
(
Ephthalites
); not until
480
does the empire collapse under their attacks.
Births
Deaths
October 28
,
Ibas
, bishop of
Edessa
Marcian
, East Roman emperor
Theodoret
,
Christian
bishop and theologian
Yazdegerd II
,
king of Persia
St. Valerian
, bishop of Abbenza
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