By place Roman Empire •
Roman Civil war of 407–415: •
January 1 –
Galla Placidia, half-sister of emperor
Honorius, is married to the
Visigothic king
Ataulf at
Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the
Gothic booty. •
July 4 – Emperor
Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister
Aelia Pulcheria, who reigns as
regent and proclaims herself empress (
Augusta) of the
Eastern Roman Empire. •
Constantius III, Roman general (
magister militum), begins a military campaign against the Visigoths in
Gaul. He blockades the Gallic ports and besieges
Marseille. •
Priscus Attalus is proclaimed rival emperor by the Visigoths for a second time at
Bordeaux, in order to impose their terms on Honorius, who has his residence in
Ravenna.
Asia • The
Southern Liang, a state of the
Sixteen Kingdoms during the
Jin Dynasty, comes to an end.
By topic Religion •
Fa-Hien, Chinese
Buddhist monk, returns from
India and begins translating Buddhist works into
Chinese. •
Abdas, bishop of
Susa, burns down a
Zoroastrian temple; in retaliation, King
Yazdegerd I of
Persia orders the destruction of churches. == Deaths ==