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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Deaths: Gaiseric king of the Vandals

Africa

• Death of Gaiseric king of Vandals
  Huneric becomes Vandal king of North Africa to 484 and begins persecuting Catholics

Asia

• Ceylon: Kasyapa, the Parricide, builds his palace at Sigiriya, the Lion Rock, Ceylon (famous "cloud maidens" cave paintings)
• India: Budhagupta becomes last Gupta emperor to 495

Europe

• England: Founding of the kingdom of Sussex

Middle East

• Eastern Roman Empire: Basilicus deposes Zeno and then is deposed