Founding of the kingdom of Sussex. 477
Genseric (or Gaiseric), king of the Vandals, dies. 477
Huneric. Vandal King of North Africa. 477-484
Fierce persecutions of Christians by Hunneric, the king of the
Vandals, the son and successor of Gaiseric (Genseric). 477-484
Zeno retakes the Eastern throne from Basiliscus. 477
Zeno recovers the East Roman throne aided by Theodoric the Great,
the Ostrogoth ruler.
The Vandal Kingdom is at its greatest extent. 477
It includes Corsica and Sardinia.
First Shinto shrines appear in Japan. c.478
Birth of St. Benedict (480-547) in the city of Nursia located in the Sabine
hills near Rome. 480
Birth of Boethius (c.473-524), Roman philosopher. 480
Birth of Cassiodorus. 480
Bodhidharma.
Twenty eighth Patriarch of Indian Buddhism. ca.480-528
The Burgundy area of France is invaded by the Burgundii, from Savoy. 480
Death of Childeric I, the King of the Salian Franks.
He is succeeded by his fifteen year old son Clovis (c.465-511). 481
The Salian Franks were about half of the Franks.
