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Roman Empire

• 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 of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• Constantius III, Roman general, 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.

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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.