488

488 (CDLXXXVIII) was a leap year beginning on Friday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named the year of the consulate of Ecclesius and Sividius, or less commonly, as 1241 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 488 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Theodoric the Great becomes king of the ostrogotes. Invaden Italy. The frank kingdom begins between the Loire and the Somme.
• The Hunos invade the Western Empire.

Deaths

• Sidonio Apolinar (approximate date).