464
Year 464 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Olybrius. The denomination 464 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
Roman Empire
- Olybrius is elected Roman consul by the Eastern court in Constantinople.
Europe
- The Suevic nation in Galicia is unified under King Remismund.
- King Theodoric II sends Remismund gifts, including weapons, and a Gothic princess for a wife.
- Aegidius dies and is succeeded by his son Syagrius, who becomes ruler of the Domain of Soissons.
Births
- Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, great-grandfather of Mohammed
- Wu Di, Chinese emperor of the Liang dynasty
Deaths
- Aegidius, Roman general
- Conall Gulban, king of Tir Chonaill
- Wang Xianyuan, empress and wife of Xiao Wu Di
- Xiao Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty