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480

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

Decades: 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s - 480s - 490s 500s 510s 520s 530s

Years: 475 476 477 478 479 - 480 - 481 482 483 484 485

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Events

• Odoacer defeats an attempt by Julius Nepos to recapture Italy, and has Julius killed; Odoacer also captured Dalmatia.
• Narasimhagupta Baladitya succeeds his father Skandagupta as ruler of the Gupta Empire

Births

• Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, Christian philosopher
• Damascius, Neoplatonist philosopher
• Gelimer, last king of the Vandals
• Benedict of Nursia, early monasticist (approximate date)

Deaths

• Julius Nepos, last legitimate Western Roman Emperor
• Skandagupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire

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