472

Year 472 (CDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Festus and Marcianus (or, less frequently, year 1225 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 472 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century 5th century 6th century
Decades:	450s 460s 470s 480s 490s
Years:	469 470 471 472 473 474 475

472 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	472 CDLXXII
Ab urbe condita	1225
Assyrian calendar	5222
Balinese saka calendar	393–394
Bengali calendar	−121
Berber calendar	1422
Buddhist calendar	1016
Burmese calendar	−166
Byzantine calendar	5980–5981
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3168 or 3108     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3169 or 3109
Coptic calendar	188–189
Discordian calendar	1638
Ethiopian calendar	464–465
Hebrew calendar	4232–4233
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	528–529
- Shaka Samvat	393–394
- Kali Yuga	3572–3573
Holocene calendar	10472
Iranian calendar	150 BP – 149 BP
Islamic calendar	155 BH – 154 BH
Javanese calendar	357–358
Julian calendar	472 CDLXXII
Korean calendar	2805
Minguo calendar	1440 before ROC 民前1440年
Nanakshahi calendar	−996
Seleucid era	783/784 AG
Thai solar calendar	1014–1015
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 598 or 217 or −555     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 599 or 218 or −554

Coin of Emperor Olybrius

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Western Roman Empire enters a period of unrest. Relations between Ricimer, de facto ruler, and Emperor Anthemius deteriorate completely. Epiphanius, bishop of Pavia, negotiates a peace agreement.
• July 11 – Anthemius, besieged in the part of Rome he controls until his troops are defeated, is caught while fleeing the city disguised as a supplicant in the Old St. Peter's Basilica (or at the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere), and later beheaded by Gundobad or Ricimer. Ricimer proclaims Olybrius emperor. Ricimer's nephew, the Burgundian general Gundobad, assumes command of the Western army and holds de facto power in the Empire.
• August 18 – Ricimer dies at his palace of malignant fever, vomiting blood.
• November 2 – Olybrius dies of dropsy. During his four months' rule he has been mainly interested in religion.
• Mount Vesuvius erupts. During the volcanic eruption the whole of southern Europe is blanketed by ash.

Births

• Emilian of Cogolla, Iberic abbot and saint (approximate date)

Deaths

• July 11 – Anthemius, emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• August 18 – Ricimer, de facto ruler of the Western Roman Empire
• Ming Di, Chinese emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 439)
• Olybrius, emperor of the Western Roman Empire

References