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Year '''490''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXC]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Anicius Probus Faustus|Faustus]] and [[Longinus (consul 486)|Longinus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1243 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 490 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Odoacer]] receives reinforcements from the south and leaves [[Ravenna]]. He defeats the [[Ostrogoths]] near [[Faenza]]. 
* King [[Theodoric the Great]] retreats to [[Ticinum]] (modern  [[Pavia]]), where he constructs a [[Fortification|fortified]] camp, which is [[blockade]]d.
* Summer &ndash; The [[Burgundians]], under King [[Gundobad]], cross the [[Alps]] and plunder [[Liguria]]. Many [[Roman Empire|Romans]] are taken into captivity. 
* King [[Alaric II]] supports Theodoric in his conquest of [[Italy]], by dispatching a [[Visigoths|Visigoth]] army to raise Odoacer's [[siege]] of Pavia.<ref>Wolfram, ''History of the Goths'', p. 281</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Adda River]]: Theodoric and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer, on the [[Adda (river)|Adda River]], near [[Milan]]. 
* Theodoric and his Ostrogoths lay siege to [[Ravenna]]. The cities of [[Cesena]] and [[Rimini]] retain their allegiance to Odoacer.

==== Asia ====
* Empress [[Empress Feng (Wencheng)|Feng]] of the Chinese [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei Dynasty]] dies. She is buried with magnificent honors, in the [[Empress Dowager Wenming tomb|Wenming Tomb]].
* In [[Jiaozhou (region)|Jiaozhou]], a state official Phục Đăng Chi launched a coup d'etat against the governor Phòng Pháp Thặng and captured him. In November, [[Emperor Wu of Southern Qi|emperor Wu]] appointed Phục Đăng Chi as the new Jiaozhou's governor.<ref name=":1">[[Ngô Sĩ Liên]] (1993), [[Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư]], page 35, Peripheral Records vol. 4.</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Euphemius of Constantinople|Euphemius]] becomes [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]].
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== Births ==
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Kʼan Joy Chitam I]], ruler of [[Palenque]] (d. [[565]])
* [[John Philoponus]], [[Commentaries on Aristotle|Aristotelian commentator]] and [[Philosophy|philosopher]] (d. [[570]])
* [[Romanos the Melodist]], Syrian [[poet]] (approximate date)
* [[Vigilantia]], Byzantine princess (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Empress Feng (Wencheng)|Feng]], Chinese empress and [[Regency (government)|regent]] of [[Northern Wei]] (b. [[AD 442|442]])
* [[Peter III of Alexandria|Peter III Mongus]], [[List of patriarchs of Alexandria|patriarch of Alexandria]] 
* [[Theodora of Alexandria]], [[Desert Mothers|Desert Mother]]

== References ==
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