Year 498 (CDXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paulinus and Scytha (or, less frequently, year 1251 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 498 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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Emperor Anastasius I abolishes the chrysargyron tax throughout the Eastern Roman Empire, before reforming the monetary system, using Greek numerals instead of Roman.1
Persia
- Kavadh I returns from exile with support of 30,000 Hephthalites (White Huns), and again assumes the Sassanid throne. He punishes his opponents and probably his brother Djamasp, who usurped the throne from him.2
Japan
By topic
Religion
- November 19 – Pope Anastasius II dies after a 2-year reign in which he has tried to conciliate followers of Acacius, late patriarch of Constantinople, who was excommunicated by Felix III.4
- November 22 – Anastasius is succeeded by Symmachus as the 51st pope, in the official papal selection in the Lateran Palace (Rome). Meanwhile, Antipope Laurentius is elected "pope" in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, causing a schism.5
- Flavian II succeeds Palladius as patriarch of Antioch.6
Births
- Jie Min Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 532)7
- Kevin of Glendalough, Irish abbot and saint (d. 618)8
Deaths
- November 19 – Pope Anastasius II9
- Ninken, emperor of Japan10
- Qi Mingdi, emperor of Southern Qi (b. 452)11
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Loomis, Louise Ropes (2006) [1916]. The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis). Merchantville, NJ: Arx Publishing, LLC. pp. 114–115. ISBN 9781889758862. 9781889758862 ↩
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Ashkenazi, Gary (October 31, 2013). "Byzantine Gold Coin Found in Tomb of Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei". Primal Trek. Retrieved February 3, 2019. http://primaltrek.com/blog/2013/10/31/byzantine-gold-coin-found-in-tomb-of-emperor-jiemin-of-northern-wei/ ↩
McNally, Frank (May 31, 2018). "The Birdman of Glendalough – An Irishman's Diary about St Kevin". The Irish Times. Retrieved February 4, 2019. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/the-birdman-of-glendalough-an-irishman-s-diary-about-st-kevin-1.3514088 ↩
Loomis, Louise Ropes (2006) [1916]. The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis). Merchantville, NJ: Arx Publishing, LLC. pp. 114–115. ISBN 9781889758862. 9781889758862 ↩
Doe, Paula; Dee, Paula; Ōtomo, Yakamochi (1982). A Warbler's Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718-785). Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. pp. 6. ISBN 9780520043466. Emperor Ninken 498. 9780520043466 ↩
Knechtges, David R.; Taiping, Chang (2014). Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 2): A Reference Guide, Part Two. Vol. II. Leiden, Boston: BRILL. p. 1282. ISBN 9789004201644. 9789004201644 ↩