466

466 (CDLXVI) was a common year beginning on a Saturday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named the year of the consulate of Leo and Tatiano, or less commonly, as 1219 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 466 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Eurico is proclaimed king of the Visigoths.
• The Byzantine Empire rejects a Hun Attack.
• Anglo-Saxons beat the britans in the Battle of Wippedesfleot.

Births

• Clodoveo I.

Deaths

• Theodoric II, Visigoth king.