Editing 446

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Year '''446''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Aetius (magister militum)|Aetius]] and [[Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (consul 446)|Symmachus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1199 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 446 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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

==== Europe ====
* Bishop [[Germanus of Auxerre]] visits [[Ravenna]], seeking to soften imperial hostility towards the [[Bagaudae]]. On his arrival at the capital, empress-mother [[Galla Placidia]] sends him a silver [[dish (food)|dish]] with a choice selection of prepared dainties—all [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]], out of respect for the bishop's strict [[Diet (nutrition)|diet]]. Germanus petitions the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] for leniency for the citizens of [[Armorica]] ([[Brittany]]).<ref>The End of Empire (p. 227). Christopher Kelly, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-393-33849-2}}</ref>
* The [[Britons (historical)|Britons]] and [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] mercenaries, under King [[Vortigern]], appeal to [[Flavius Aetius]] (''[[magister militum]]'' of [[Gaul]]) for military assistance in their struggle against the [[Picts]] and [[Irish people|Irish]]. Aetius has enough problems with [[Attila|Attila the Hun]] and is unable to send any help (according to ''[[Groans of the Britons]]'').
* The [[Cor Tewdws]] (College of Theodosius), [[Llantwit Major]] ([[Wales]]), is supposedly burned down by [[Ireland|Irish]] pirates.

==== China ====
* [[Three Disasters of Wu]]: The [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei dynasty]] begins persecuting [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], having heretofore encouraged them. The drain of manpower and [[tax]] money to [[List of Buddhist temples|temple]]s and [[Monastery|monasterie]]s has threatened the secular government, and the reaction is fierce: [[Bhikkhu|monk]]s and [[Bhikkhuni|nun]]s are murdered, temples and [[Iconography|icon]]s destroyed. All men under age 50 are prohibited from joining any [[Monasticism|monastic order]] in a program that will continue until [[450]], helping the [[Confucianism|Confucianist]] philosophy of the [[Han dynasty]] to gain dominance over [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhism]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* A local [[synod]] is held by [[Turibius of Astorga]].
* [[Flavian of Constantinople|Flavian]] becomes [[List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Leontius of Trier]], Bishop of [[Trier]]
* [[Mac Cairthinn mac Coelboth]], [[List of kings of Leinster|king of Leinster]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Proclus of Constantinople|Proclus]], [[List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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