Explore 11 historical events from 400–409.
Radagaisus was a Gothic king who led an invasion of Roman Italy in late 405 and the first half of 406. A committed pagan, he was executed after being defeated by the general Stilic…
Radagaisus, Gothic king
Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 40…
Huan Xuan, Jin-dynasty warlord and emperor of Huan Chu (born 369)
Arcadius was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius. Arcadiu…
Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (born 377)
Venerius was Archbishop of Milan from 400 to 408. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is May 6.
Venerius, archbishop of Milan
Vigilius of Trent is venerated as the patron saint and bishop of Trent.
Vigilius, bishop of Trent (born 353)
In modern scholarship, the "late" period of the Roman army begins with the accession of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 284, and ends in 480 with the death of Julius Nepos, being roug…
The Western Roman army under Stilicho corners and defeats the Ostrogothic army in the battle of Faesulae.
Stilicho was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was partly of Vandal origins and married to Serena…
Stilicho, Roman general (born 359)
John Chrysostom was a Church Father who served as Archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, particularly on the poor his Divine Liturgy of Sa…
John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)
Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 40…
Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress
Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 40…
Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
The Vandals were a group of Germanic peoples who were first mentioned in passing by a small number of Roman writers in the first and second centuries, but became more prominent sta…
Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
Arcadius was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the Augustus Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius. Arcadiu…
Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (born 377)
Venerius was Archbishop of Milan from 400 to 408. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is May 6.
Venerius, archbishop of Milan
Stilicho was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was partly of Vandal origins and married to Serena…
Stilicho, Roman general (born 359)
John Chrysostom was a Church Father who served as Archbishop of Constantinople. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, particularly on the poor his Divine Liturgy of Sa…
John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)
In modern scholarship, the "late" period of the Roman army begins with the accession of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 284, and ends in 480 with the death of Julius Nepos, being roug…
The Western Roman army under Stilicho corners and defeats the Ostrogothic army in the battle of Faesulae.
Radagaisus was a Gothic king who led an invasion of Roman Italy in late 405 and the first half of 406. A committed pagan, he was executed after being defeated by the general Stilic…
Radagaisus, Gothic king
Vigilius of Trent is venerated as the patron saint and bishop of Trent.
Vigilius, bishop of Trent (born 353)
Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 40…
Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.
Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 40…
Huan Xuan, Jin-dynasty warlord and emperor of Huan Chu (born 369)
Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 40…
Aelia Eudoxia, Byzantine empress