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By Place
Western Roman Empire
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January 1 — The lastgladiator al competition is held in Rome.
* The dome inRavenna is built by the entire population of the city.Asia
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Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo attacksLiaodong and takes the entire Liaodong Peninsula.
* The Chinese Buddhist monk Huiyuan, who founded thePure Land Buddhism sect and the monastery onMount Lushan , writes the book "On Why Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings" in this year. In his book he argues that although the Buddhist clergy should remain independent and undisturbed by politics, the Buddhist lay people nonetheless make good subjects under monarchs, due to their fear of retribution ofkarma and desire to be reborn in paradise.By Topic
Religion
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John Chrysostom is deposed again, andArchbishop Atticus of Constantinople becomes Archbishop of Constantinople.
*Saint Telemachus is martyred.Births
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Deaths
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February —Flavian I of Antioch ,Patriarch of Antioch
*October 6 —Aelia Eudoxia , wife of the Eastern Roman emperorArcadius
*Claudian , court poet to EmperorHonorius andStilicho
*Empress He Fani , empress of the Jin Dynasty, wife of Emperor Mu
*Saint Paula
*Saint Telemachus , Catholic monk
*Huan Xuan , Jin Dynasty (265-420) warlord who briefly took over the imperial throne from Emperor An of Jin
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