478

This article is about the year 478. For the number, see 478 (number). For the CPU socket, see Socket 478. For the upcoming American comedy film, see 478 (film).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century – 5th century – 6th century
Decades:	440s  450s  460s  – 470s –  480s  490s  500s
Years:	475 476 477 – 478 – 479 480 481

478 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

478 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	478 CDLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1231
Assyrian calendar	5228
Bengali calendar	−115
Berber calendar	1428
Buddhist calendar	1022
Burmese calendar	−160
Byzantine calendar	5986–5987
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3174 or 3114     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3175 or 3115
Coptic calendar	194–195
Discordian calendar	1644
Ethiopian calendar	470–471
Hebrew calendar	4238–4239
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	534–535
- Shaka Samvat	400–401
- Kali Yuga	3579–3580
Holocene calendar	10478
Iranian calendar	144 BP – 143 BP
Islamic calendar	148 BH – 147 BH
Julian calendar	478 CDLXXVIII
Korean calendar	2811
Minguo calendar	1434 before ROC 民前1434年
Seleucid era	789/790 AG
Thai solar calendar	1020–1021

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

Byzantine Empire

• Verina, mother-in-law of emperor Zeno, attempts to kill Isaurian general Illus for turning against Basiliscus, her brother. A major revolt is led by her son-in-law Marcian and the 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 Song dynasty ends in China.
• Chinese chronicles record a memorial sent by the "King of Japan" (possibly Yūryaku), who describes himself as "Supreme Director of Military Affairs in Japan and Korea" to the Court of the 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

• Narses, Byzantine general (d. 573)

Deaths

• Lupus of Troyes, French bishop and saint (approximate date)
• Shen Youzhi, Chinese general of Liu Song