Editing 422 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* End of the [[Roman–Sassanid War (421–422)|Roman–Sassanid War]]: Emperor [[Theodosius II]] signs a 100-year [[peace treaty]] with [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]] after 2 years of war. He agrees to a ''[[status quo ante bellum]]'' ("the state in which things were before the war"), and both parties guarantee liberty of [[religion]] in their territories. 
* [[March 3]] &ndash; Theodosius II issues a law to form [[wikt:provision|provision]]s in peacetime. He instructs [[Land tenure|landowner]]s leasing [[tower]]s in the [[Walls of Constantinople|Theodosian Walls]] to assist with the build-up of emergency goods. Theodosius pays an annual [[tribute]] of 350 pounds of [[gold]] to the [[Huns]] in order to buy peace.<ref>The End of Empire (p. 87). Christopher Kelly, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-393-33849-2}}</ref> 
* Theodosius II receives a [[statue]] at [[Bakırköy|Hebdomon]], military parade ground on the shores of the [[sea of Marmara|Propontis]], just outside [[Constantinople]]. On its base (fragments are now in the [[Istanbul Archaeology Museums|Istanbul Archaeology Museum]]), an inscription praises him as “everywhere and forever victorious.” 
* The walls of [[Rome]]'s Flavian Amphitheater ([[Colosseum]]) crack during an [[earthquake]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colosseum|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Colosseum/|access-date=2020-09-27|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>
* [[Vandal war of 422|Vandal war]]: The Roman commander-in-chief [[Flavius Castinus|Castinus]]  leads a defeat against the Vandals at [[Hispania Baetica|Baetica]].

==== Europe ====
* The [[Late Roman army|Roman army]] invades [[Gaul]]; they capture and execute the [[Franks|Frankish]] king [[Theudemeres]] with his family.<ref>{{Cite book|last=MacDowall|first=Simon|title=The Franks|publisher=Grub Street Publishers|year=2018|isbn=978-1-4738-8960-6|location=London|pages=19}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Emperor Shao of Liu Song|Shao Di]], age 16, eldest son of [[Emperor Wu of Liu Song|Wu Di]], succeeds his father as emperor of the [[Liu Song dynasty]] ([[China]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Art ====
* [[Priest Petrus|Petrus]], bishop of [[Illyria]], starts construction of the [[Santa Sabina|Church of Santa Sabina]] (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface I]] dies after a 4-year reign that was interrupted for 15 weeks, by the faction of the antipope [[Antipope Eulalius|Eulalius]]. He is succeeded by [[Pope Celestine I|Celestine I]] as the 43rd [[pope]].
* Approximate date &ndash; A monastic community is established at the [[Maijishan Grottoes]].<ref>''[[Memoirs of Eminent Monks]]''.</ref></onlyinclude>