Empress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne_(empress)" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ariadne (empress)">Ariadne</a> marries <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_I_Dicorus" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anastasius I Dicorus">Anastasius I</a>. The widowed <i id="mwGg"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_(honorific)" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Augusta (honorific)">Augusta</a></i> is able to choose her successor for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> throne, after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno_(emperor)" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zeno (emperor)">Zeno</a> (late emperor) dies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysentery" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dysentery">dysentery</a>.