OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 569 



"474 A. D." (Marcellin., and Clint.), the emperor Glycerius expelled from Rome by Julius 

 Nepos, and ordained a bishop. Julius Nepos had been recognized by Leo ; and coins issued by him 

 are extant. 



" Feb. 3d " (Clint), Leo succeeded by Leo II., fifth Byzantine emperor. Coins issued by Leo II. 

 are extant : but he reigned a few months only, and before the close of the year was succeeded by Zeno. 



"The same year" (Clint.), end of the chronicle of Nestorianus. 



"In this year" (palm-leaf ann. Jag., and W. W. Hunter, Stirling giving 473), the Yavanas 

 expelled from Orissa by Yayati Kesari, founder of the Kesari dynasty. — Yayati brought back the 

 image of Jagannath to Puri, and commenced the Siva temple-city at Bhuvaneswar. 



"475 A. D." (Marcellin., and Clint), flight of Julius Nepos from Rome ; Orestes having entered 

 Ravenna with an army, and further declaring his own son Romulus Augustus (called " Augustulus ") 

 emperor. Coins of Romulus Augustus are extant. 



"The same year" (Marcellin , and Clint.), the emperor Zeno driven from Constantinople by 

 Basiliscus. Coins of Basiliscus are extant. 



"476 A. D." (Jornand., and Clint), capture of Rome by Odoacer king of the Turcilingi, aided 

 by Sciri, Heruli, and other tribes, and the Western empire brought to a close. Odoacer remaining, 

 established himself as king ; but did not wear the " purple and royal insignia." 



About this time (Beda 16, Geoff. Mourn, viii. 12 to 24, and Nenn. 48), Aurelius Ambrosius the 

 "great king among the kings of Britain" warring against the Saxon invaders. He brought great 

 stones to the cemetery on Salisbury plain, and built Stonehenge for a royal burial place : — was him- 

 self buried there "within the Giants' Dance ; " as were afterwards his successors, Uther, and Con- 

 stantine. 



"477, January" (Clint.), death of Genseric king of the Vandals. In "July" after "twenty 

 months" absence, return of Zeno to Constantinople and his negotiations with Julius Nepos and 

 Odoacer. 



"The same year = ' ching-ming,' 1st year of Chun-ti II., of the Northern Soung" or Tenth 

 dynasty (Chinese chron. table). 



"479 A. D. = ' kien-youan,' 1st year of Kao-ti " or Siao-tao-tching, head of the new dynasty of 

 the Thsi (Chinese chron. table, and Pauth.). He had murdered the last two emperors. 



"480 A. D." (ann. Jap., transl. Tits.), accession of Sei'-nei', son of You-riak and now twenty-third 

 dairo of Japan. He was born with white hair (albino), and is called the white-haired dairo. 



"Sept. 24th" (Marcellin., and Clint.), severe earthquakes, beginning at Constantinople. They 

 continued "forty days." 



Hardly earlier than this date (Graha Munjari tables, Puranas, and Bentl.), Nirmoha reigning in 

 Hindustan. 



"482, in the beginning of the year" (Greg. Tur., and Clint), Childeric succeeded by his son 

 Chlodovechus (Clovis) as king of France. 



"The same year" (Agath., and Clint.), Firoze succeeded by Balas or Palasch, sixteenth Sasanid 

 king of Persia. 



"The same year" ( . . . ) the edict "Henoticon" issued by Zeno : allowing the Egyptians 

 some liberty in choosing their creed, and proposing a general union, including Eutychians and 

 Catholics. 



"483 A. D. = 'young-ming,' 1st year of Wou-ti IV., of the Thsi" or Eleventh dynasty— (Chi- 

 nese chron. table). 



" March 1st " (Clint.), Simplicius succeeded by Felix, " forty-sixth " bishop of Rome. 



"484 A. D." (Clint.), Theodoric king of the Ostrogoths (Eastern Goths) one of the consuls for 

 this year. 



" Jan. 13th " (Fabric, and Clint.), eclipse of the sun, preceding the death of Proclus. 



"The same year = 2d year of the 'young-ming' of Wou-ti IV." (Chinese chron. table), begin- 

 ning of the Fifty-third cycle. 



"485 A. D." (Jornand., and Clint.), Euric succeeded by his son Alaric II., as king of the Visi- 

 goths (Western Goths) ; whose kingdom now included all Spain, Gaul, and Burgundy. 



"In this year" (ann. Jap., transl. Tits.), Sei'-nei' succeeded by Ghen-so, now twenty-fourth 



dairo of Japan. 



"486 A. D." (Clint), Balas succeeded by Cabades (Kobad), seventeenth Sasanid king of Persia. 

 "487 A. D." (Marcellin., and Clint.), by Theodoric, Constantinople threatened and the country 



around laid waste. 



"488 A. D." (ann. Jap., transl. Tits.), Ghen-so succeeded by his brother Nm-ken, now twenty- 

 fifth dairo of Japan. 



"Four or five centuries A. D." (Jap. centen. comm. 45), beginning of stone-foundations for 

 dwellings in Japan : until now all houses "built upon wooden piles driven into the ground." 



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