By place Roman Empire •
Roman Civil war of 407–415: •
Heraclianus, Roman
usurper, lands in
Italy with a large army to fight Emperor
Honorius. He is defeated in
Umbria and flees to
Carthage, where he is put to death by envoys of Honorius. •
May 8 – Honorius signs an
edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces
Tuscia,
Campania,
Picenum,
Samnium,
Apulia,
Lucania and
Calabria, which were plundered by the
Visigoths. • The Visigoths, led by King
Ataulf, conquer the towns of
Toulouse and
Bordeaux by force of arms. After a successful siege of
Valence, he captures the usurper
Jovinus and his brother
Sebastianus. In
Narbonne they are executed and their heads are sent to Honorius' court at
Ravenna.
Asia •
Kumaragupta I succeeds his father
Chandragupta II as emperor of the
Gupta Empire (
India). •
Jangsu becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of
Goguryeo.
By topic Religion •
Augustine of Hippo, age 59, begins to write his spiritual book
De Civitate Dei (City of God), as a reply to the charge that
Christianity was responsible for the decline of the
Roman Empire. == Births ==