Who was alive in AD 478?
33 of the people we track were surely alive in AD 478. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Aryabhata1–2
Clovis I10–14
Theodoric the Great24
Pope Gelasius I67–68- Pope Hormisdas27–28
- Pope John I5–10
- Pope John II7–8
- Pope Simplicius55–60
Pope Symmachus15–20
Pope Silverius0–1
Odoacer42–47
Pope Felix III35–40
Julius Nepos47–48
Zeno52–53
Justin I28
Anastasius I Dicorus48
Proclus66
Childeric I39–45
Glycerius48
Sidonius Apollinaris46–50
Alaric II11–20
Genevieve54–55- Zosimus15–20
Dionysius Exiguus0–5
Syagrius46–50
Euric57–58
Kavad I5- Anthemius of Tralles1–6
Clotilde3–4
Movses Khorenatsi65–70
Isidore of Miletus35–36- Brigid of Kildare25–27
Zu Chongzhi48–49
Where the people alive in AD 478 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Aryabhata: Pataliputra
- Theodoric the Great: Carnuntum
- Pope Gelasius I: Africa
- Pope Hormisdas: Frosinone
- Pope John I: Siena
- Pope John II: Rome
- Pope Simplicius: Tivoli
- Pope Symmachus: Sardinia
- Pope Silverius: Frosinone
- Pope Felix III: Rome
- Julius Nepos: Dalmatia
- Zeno: Zenopolis in Isauria
- Anastasius I Dicorus: Durrës
- Proclus: Constantinople
- Glycerius: Dalmatia
- Sidonius Apollinaris: Lugdunum
- Genevieve: Nanterre
- Syagrius: Lyon
- Kavad I: Ctesiphon
- Anthemius of Tralles: Tralleis
- Clotilde: Lyon
- Movses Khorenatsi: Harman
- Isidore of Miletus: Miletus
- Brigid of Kildare: Faughart
- Zu Chongzhi: Jiankang