494

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494 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 494
CDXCIV

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Ab urbe condita| 1247
Assyrian calendar| 5244
Balinese saka calendar| 415–416
Bengali calendar| −100 – −99
Berber calendar| 1444
Buddhist calendar| 1038
Burmese calendar| −144
Byzantine calendar| 6002–6003
Chinese calendar| 癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
3191 or 2984
— to —
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
3192 or 2985
Coptic calendar| 210–211
Discordian calendar| 1660
Ethiopian calendar| 486–487
Hebrew calendar| 4254–4255
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 550–551
\- Shaka Samvat| 415–416
\- Kali Yuga| 3594–3595
Holocene calendar| 10494
Iranian calendar| 128 BP – 127 BP
Islamic calendar| 132 BH – 131 BH
Javanese calendar| 380–381
Julian calendar| 494
CDXCIV
Korean calendar| 2827
Minguo calendar| 1418 before ROC
民前1418年
Nanakshahi calendar| −974
Seleucid era| 805/806 AG
Thai solar calendar| 1036–1037
Tibetan calendar| ཆུ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་
(female Water-Bird)
620 or 239 or −533
— to —
ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་
(male Wood-Dog)
621 or 240 or −532

Year 494 (CDXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufius and Praesidius (or, less frequently, year 1247 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 494 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

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#### Byzantine Empire

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* An earthquake devastates the port town of Latakia (modern Syria).[1]

#### China

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* Emperor Xiao Wen Di moves the capital of Northern Wei from Datong to Luoyang. He makes Chinese the official language of his court, and orders his nobility to adopt Chinese names.

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#### Religion

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* Gelasius I delineates the relationship between church and state (Doctrine of the two swords, formulated in his letter Famuli vestrae pietatis to the East Roman Emperor Anastasius I.)
* The Decretum Gelasianum is attributed.
* Gelasius I canonizes Saint George.

## Births

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* Gildas, British historian and priest (approximate date)

## Deaths

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* Xiao Zhaowen, emperor of Southern Qi (b. 480)
* Xiao Zhaoye, emperor of Southern Qi (known as the Prince of Yulin) (b. 473)

## References

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1. ^ Robertson, A. H. F.; Parlak, Osman; Ünlügenç, Ulvi Can (2013). Geological Development of Anatolia and the Easternmost Mediterranean Region. Geological Society of London. p. 461\. ISBN 9781862393530.

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