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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Ox辛丑( at the beginning of the year metal rat庚子)
Era of Diocletian: 117/118 ( year November )
Syria: 712/713 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Alaric and Radagaisus fall with the Goths in Italy and get to Milan; Devastation in Northern Italy.
- The Romans pull their troops back to Italy, including the castle Deutz is vacated, as a series of forts in the Alps.
Religion
- DECEMBER 21: Pope Innocent I is new as successor to the late Anastasius I.
Born
- April: Theodosius II, East Roman emperor († 450)
- Hilary of Arles, Bishop († 449 )
- To 401: Anko, Japanese imperial