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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Dragon庚辰(at the beginning of earth - hare己卯)
Era of Diocletian: 156/157 ( year November )
Syria: 751/752 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Rechila, king of the Suevi, the Vandals captured the evacuated cities of Baetica and Seville.
Culture and Religion
- September 29: Leo I. Pope is the successor of Sixtus III. As the first Pope he called Pontifex Maximus.
- The church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is consecrated.
- (um): The Lateranbaptisterium is completed.
Born
- 440: Bodhidharma, semi - legendary Buddhist monk († 528 )
- 440: Eurich, king of the Visigoths († 484 )
Died
- Nicarete, Christian saint