410s

Events and Trends

• Sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric.
• Britain lost to the Roman Empire.

410s: Events by Year

Contents: 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419

410

By place

Western Roman Empire

• Alaric I deposes Priscus Attalus as Emperor.
• August 24 — The Visigoths under Alaric I sack Rome.
• August 27 — The Visigoths' sack of Rome ends. They depart with numerous valuables, though the damage is said to have been rather light. This marks the first time since 390 BC that Rome has been sacked.
• Emperor Honorius tells Britain to look to its own defences, effectively ending Roman rule in Britain.
• General Constantius III is elevated to the position of magister militum.

Europe

• Ataulf succeeds his brother-in-law Alaric I as king of the Visigoths.

Asia

• Prithivisena becomes king of the Vakataka in the Deccan.

By topic

Religion

• Council of Seleucia: Persian Christians create a national church and adopt the Nicene Creed.

411

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• The Burgundians and the Alans elevate the usurper Jovinus as Western Emperor.

Europe

• The Alans establish their rule in the Roman province of Lusitania (modern Portugal south of the Duero River and Spanish Extremadura).

By Topic

Religion

• Rabbula becomes bishop of Edessa.

412

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• The Visigoths move into the south of Gaul, led by Alaric's brother-in-law Ataulf.
• Ataulf marries Galla Placidia, sister of the Emperor Honorius.
• The usurper Jovinus takes control of Gaul.

Eastern Roman Empire

• The forts on the west bank of the Danube, which were destroyed by the Huns, are rebuilt, and a new Danubian fleet is launched.

By Topic

Religion

• Cyril of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Lazarus, bishop of Aix-en-Provence, and Herod, bishop of Arles, are expelled from their sees on a charge of Manichaeism.
• An edict of Honorius outlaws Donatism.

413

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• May 8 — Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the provinces of Italy that have been plundered by the Visigoths.
• After a successful siege of Valence, the Visigoths capture the usurper Jovinus, and hand him over to Postumus Dardanus for execution.

Asia

• Kumara Gupta I succeeds his father Chandragupta as emperor of the Gupta Empire.

414

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• Priscus Attalus is proclaimed rival Emperor in Bordeaux.

Eastern Roman Empire

• Pulcheria proclaims herself Empress.

Asia

• The Southern Liang state comes to an end.

By Topic

Religion

• Faxian returns from India and begins translating Buddhist works into Chinese.
• Abdas, bishop of Susa, burns down a Zoroastrian temple; in retaliation, King Yazdegerd of Persia orders the destruction of Christian churches.

415

By Place

Europe

• The Visigoths leave Gallia Narbonensis and relocate in Hispania.
• Wallia becomes king of the Visigoths.

Asia

• 18 March — The Daysan River floods Edessa.

By Topic

Religion

• The Eustathian schism in Antioch is healed.
• The Jews are expelled from Alexandria.

416

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• The Visigoths continue their invasion of Hispania.
• Wallia, king of the Visigoths, returns Athaulf's widow Galla Placidia to Rome in return for supplies.

Asia

• Reports of the eruption of Krakatoa are recorded in the Javanese Book of Kings.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

• Rutilius Claudius Namatianus begins his journey home from Rome to Gaul. This becomes the subject of his unfinished poem, De reditu suo.

417

By Place

Western Roman Empire

• January 1 — Constantius III marries Galla Placidia, sister of Honorius.
• The Visigoths are granted Aquitaine, and Wallia establishes a capital at Toulouse.

By Topic

Religion

• March 18 — Pope Zosimus succeeds Pope Innocent I as the 41st pope.
• Pelagianism is condemned at the Council of Carthage.

418

By place

Roman Empire

• Foundation of the Visigothic Kingdom, Roman Emperor Honorius rewarded his Visigothic federates by giving them land in Gallia Aquitania on which to settle,

By Topic

Religion

• December 28 — Pope Boniface I succeeds Pope Zosimus as the 42nd pope.

419

By Place

Europe

• Theodorid succeeds Wallia as king of the Visigoths.

Asia

• Emperor Gong succeeds Emperor An as ruler of the Chinese Jin Dynasty.

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