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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Gerontius (magister militum)|Gerontius]], Roman general (''[[magister militum]]''), who had been a partisan of [[Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)|Constantine III]], revolts in [[Hispania]]. He elevates [[Maximus of Hispania|Maximus]], his ''[[domesticus (Roman Empire)|domesticus]]'', as emperor.
* [[October 13]] &ndash; The [[Vandals]], led by King [[Gunderic]], cross the [[Pyrenees]] into the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. They receive land from the [[Roman Empire|Romans]], as ''[[foederati]]'', in [[Hispania Baetica|Baetica]] (Southern [[Spain]]). The [[Alans]] occupy lands in [[Lusitania]] and the [[Suebi]] control parts of [[Gallaecia]].
* The [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] king [[Alaric I]] lays siege to [[Rome]] a second time, bringing the inhabitants close to starvation. Emperor [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]], safe in inaccessible [[Ravenna]], refuses to negotiate for peace, despite repeated offers from Alaric, who then comes to terms with the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] and sets up a rival emperor, [[Priscus Attalus]], prefect (''[[praefectus urbi]]'') of the city.
* Honorius agrees that sons of prominent families at court in Ravenna be sent beyond the [[Danube]] as [[hostage]]s; in return, later he calls up ten thousand [[Huns|Hun]] mercenaries.<ref>''The End of Empire'' (p. 56). Christopher Kelly, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-393-33849-2}}</ref>
* [[Famine]] strikes Hispania, [[Gaul]] and the [[Italian Peninsula]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
*  [[Bagaudae Revolt|Bacaudic Rebellion]]: Peasants in [[Armorica]], northwestern [[Gaul|Gallia]] launch a revolt. The unrest continues until 417.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burns|first=Vincent|date=1992|title=The Visigothic Settlement in Aquitania: Imperial Motives|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4436252|journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte|volume=41|issue=3|pages=362–373|jstor=4436252 |issn=0018-2311}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei|Mingyuan]], age 17, succeeds [[Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei|Daowu]] as emperor of the Chinese [[Northern Wei]] (one of the [[Northern dynasties]]).
* [[Battle of Linqu]]: [[Southern Yan]] is defeated by [[Eastern Jin]].
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