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Year '''454''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDLIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Aetius and [[Flavius Studius|Studius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1207 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 454 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 ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[September 21]] &ndash; Emperor [[Valentinian III]] stabs his commander-in-chief [[Flavius Aetius]] to death, during a meeting of the imperial council at [[Ravenna]]. He has accused Aetius of plotting against him to seize power. After his [[assassination]], the [[Western Roman Empire]] has no effective defender against its hostile barbarian neighbors ([[Alans]], [[Franks]], [[Ostrogoths]], [[Vandals]] and [[Visigoths]]).

==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Nedao]]: Allied forces of subjected peoples ([[Gepids]], [[Heruli]], Ostrogoths, [[Rugii]], [[Sciri]] and [[Suebi]]), under the leadership of King [[Ardaric]], defeat the [[Huns]] under [[Ellac]], eldest son of [[Attila|Attila the Hun]], in [[Pannonia (Roman province)|Pannonia]]. Ellac is killed during the battle and succeeded by his brother [[Dengizich]].
* Ardaric unites the Gepids with other [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]], and founds the [[Kingdom of the Gepids]] in the [[Pannonian Basin]].  
* The Vandals conquer [[Malta]]. 
* [[Ireland]]: The [[Diocese of Clogher (Roman Catholic)|Diocese of Clogher]] is erected.
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== Births ==
* [[Theodoric the Great]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]] (d. [[526]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Theodoric {{!}} king of Italy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodoric-king-of-Italy |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=18 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Emperor Xianwen of Northern Wei|Xian Wen Di]], Chinese emperor of [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[476]])

== Deaths == 
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Flavius Aetius]], Roman general (''[[magister militum]]'')
* [[Ellac]], king of the [[Huns]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Hyun Jin |title=The Huns |date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-34091-1 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnv4CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Justa Grata Honoria]], sister of [[Valentinian III]] (approximate date)
* [[Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria|Dioscorus the Great]], [[patriarch of Alexandria]]

== References ==
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