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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Thai solar calendar | 1020–1021 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 604 or 223 or −549 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 605 or 224 or −548 |
Year 478 (CDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Illus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1231 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 478 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Europe
- Ostrogoth warlord Theodoric Strabo, but Illus again proves his loyalty to Zeno by quashing the revolt in 479.
Asia
- The first Shinto shrines are built in Japan.
- The Liu Song dynasty ends in China.
- Northern Wei Dynasty. The Chinese emperor responds by confirming the Japanese dynasty in those titles. This is the earliest verifiable date in Japanese history.
Births
Deaths
- Lupus of Troyes, French bishop and saint (approximate date)
- Shen Youzhi, Chinese general of Liu Song