399

__NOTOC__

Contents

Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Asia

By Topic

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

★ Flavius Mallius Theodorus becomes Roman consul.

★ Gladiatorial schools in Rome are closed by order of the Emperor Honorius.

Eastern Roman Empire

★ Forming an alliance with deserters of Tribigild along the Bosphorus Gothic leader Gainas devastates the outlying areas near Constantinople.

Asia

★ Yazdegerd I becomes king of Persia

★ Fa-Hien, a Chinese Buddhist monk, travels to India

By Topic

Religion

★ November 27 — Pope Anastasius I succeeds Pope Siricius as the 39th pope.

★ Anastasius seeks to reconcile the churches of Rome and Antioch.

★ Flavian I of Antioch is acknowledged as legitimate bishop of Antioch by the Church of Rome.

★ Anastasius and other bishops condemn the doctrine of Origen.

Births

★ January 19 — Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)

Deaths

★ Bahram IV of Persia

★ Eutropius (Byzantine official)

★ Yuan Shansong, Chinese poet

★ Emperor Nintoku of Japan

★ Tufa Wugu