494

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494
Pope Gelasius I formulates the two swords theory for the first time .
494 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	486/487
Buddhist calendar	1037/38 (southern Buddhism); 1036/37 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	53rd (54th) cycle Year of the Wood Dog甲戌 ( at the beginning of the year water tap 癸酉)
Jewish calendar	4254/55 (September 16/17)
Coptic calendar	210/211
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MCCXLVII (1247) Diocletian's era : 210/211 (New Year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 804/805 (turn of the year April) Syria: 805/806 (New Year October)
Spanish era	532
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	550/551 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

• In a letter to Emperor Anastasius I , Pope Gelasius I presented the two swords theory for the first time .

Disasters

• Latakia is devastated by an earthquake.

Died

• July 23 : Sallustius , Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem