Explore 12 historical events from 450–459.
Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Ro…
Petronius Maximus, the ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arri
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, be…
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun
Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Ro…
Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (born 396)
Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Ro…
Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome
The sack of Rome in 455 was carried out by the Vandals led by their king Gaiseric.
Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans…
Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome
The Battle of Avarayr was fought on 26 May 451 on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan between a Christian Armenian army under Vardan Mamikonian and Sassanid Persia. It is considered on…
Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place
Anatolius of Constantinople was a Patriarch of Constantinople. He is regarded as a saint, by both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Anatolius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch and saint (born 449)
Eparchius Avitus was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a senator of Gallic extraction and a high-ranking officer both in the civil and milita…
The elderly noble Avitus is proclaimed Roman emperor by Gothic king Theoderic II in Toulouse.
The Sack of Aquileia occurred in 452, and was carried out by the Huns under the leadership of Attila.
Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia…
Anatolius of Constantinople was a Patriarch of Constantinople. He is regarded as a saint, by both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Anatolius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch and saint (born 449)
Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Ro…
Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome
The sack of Rome in 455 was carried out by the Vandals led by their king Gaiseric.
Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
Eparchius Avitus was Roman emperor of the Western Empire from July 455 to October 456. He was a senator of Gallic extraction and a high-ranking officer both in the civil and milita…
The elderly noble Avitus is proclaimed Roman emperor by Gothic king Theoderic II in Toulouse.
Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Ro…
Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (born 396)
Petronius Maximus was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Ro…
Petronius Maximus, the ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arri
Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans…
Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome
The Sack of Aquileia occurred in 452, and was carried out by the Huns under the leadership of Attila.
Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia…
The Battle of Avarayr was fought on 26 May 451 on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan between a Christian Armenian army under Vardan Mamikonian and Sassanid Persia. It is considered on…
Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, be…
Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun
Tuoba Huang (拓跋晃), Xianbei name Tianzhen (天真), formally Crown Prince Jingmu (景穆太子), later further formally honored as Emperor Jingmu (景穆皇帝) with the temple name Gongzong (恭宗) by hi…
Tuoba Huang, prince of Northern Wei (born 428)
Theodosius II, called "the Calligrapher", was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed Augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death …
Theodosius II, Roman emperor (born 401)