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493, Feb. 27
 
After a three-year siege of Ravenna, Odovacar surrendered. He was soon after murdered by Theodoric. Italy was united under Theodoric the Great (b. c. 455) as the kingdom of the Ostrogoths.  1
 
491–518
 
ANASTASIUS I (b. 431), emperor of the east, married Zeno's widow and removed the Isaurians from power, thus causing a serious revolt in Isauria (suppressed only in 497). The inroads of the Slavic Getae forced him to protect Constantinople by a wall.  2
 
502–506
 
The emperor waged a long war with the Persians.  3
 
514–518
 
Anastasius fought the pretender Vitalian, commander of the Bulgarian foederati. The emperor died on July 1, 518.  4
 
518–527
 
JUSTINUS I (b. 450?), a humble Illyrian who had risen to be commander of the imperial bodyguard, took as his colleague his able nephew Justinian (527) and died the same year.  5
 
527–565
 
JUSTINIAN. (For his reign see Byzantine Empire, (See 527–65).)  6
 
 
 
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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