- Jul 11 Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (467-72), killed fighting a civil war against the patrician Ricimer
- Aug 18 Flavius Ricimer, Germanic general who effectively ruled Western Roman Empire (456-472), dies
- Aug 19 Ricimer, Germanic Roman general (kingmaker in the Western Roman Empire), dies
- Nov 2 Olybrius, emperor of Western Roman Empirre (April-November. 472), dies of dropsy at about 41 (born c. 430)