498

Calendar overview 498

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498
Symmachus becomes Pope as successor to Anastasius II.	Anastasios I reforms the Byzantine currency .
498 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	490/491
Buddhist calendar	1041/42 (southern Buddhism); 1040/41 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	53rd (54th) cycle Year of the Earth Tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Ox 丁丑)
Jewish calendar	4258/59 (September 2/3)
Coptic calendar	214/215
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MCCLI (1251) Diocletian's era : 214/215 (New Year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 808/809 (turn of the year April) Syria: 809/810 (New Year October)
Spanish era	536
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	554/555 (turn of the year April)

Events

August 8 : Buretsu becomes 25th Emperor of Japan after the death of his father Ninken .

The Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasios I reformed the monetary system using Greek instead of Roman numerals (see also: Byzantine currency ).

November 22nd : Symmachus becomes Pope with the support of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric as successor of Anastasius II. On the same day a minority of the Roman clergy elects Archdeacon Laurentius as antipope, who is supported by the nobility and senate of the city. Symmachus is in favor of a settlement of the schism with Ostrom, Laurentius against.

Fantasy representation of the baptism of Clovis, 15th century

Around 498, Christmas: Probable date for King Clovis to convert to Christianity . Bishop Remigius of Reims carries out the baptism in Reims . According to tradition, Clovis, like Constantine , had vowed to be baptized before the Battle of Zülpich in 496 against the Alamanni if he would be victorious. His Burgundian wife Chrodechild , who introduced him to the Catholic faith, also plays an important role . Together with Clovis, an additional 3,000 francs are baptized. It is of particular importance that the conversion to Christianity takes place in its Catholic form, not to Arianism , as with the other Germanic rulers, which favors the merging of the Germanic and Catholic Romans in the Franconian Empire under Clovis. The year 498 is not one hundred percent certain; 497 or 499 are also possible .
Flavian II becomes Patriarch of Antioch.