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Events

By Place

Western Roman Empire

* Flavius Mallius Theodorus becomes Roman consul.
* Gladiatorial schools in Rome are closed by order of the Emperor Honorius.

Eastern Roman Empire

* Forming an alliance with deserters of Tribigild along the Bosphorus, Gothic leader Gainas devastates the outlying areas near Constantinople.

Asia

* Yazdegerd I becomes king of Persia.
* Fa-Hien, a Chinese Buddhist monk, travels to India.

By Topic

Religion

* November 27 — Pope Anastasius I succeeds Pope Siricius as the 39th pope.
* Anastasius seeks to reconcile the churches of Rome and Antioch.
* Flavian I of Antioch is acknowledged as legitimate bishop of Antioch by the Church of Rome.
* Anastasius and other bishops condemn the doctrine of Origen.

Births

* January 19 — Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)

Deaths

* Bahram IV of Persia
* Eutropius (Byzantine official)
* Yuan Shansong, Chinese poet
* Emperor Nintoku of Japan
* Tufa Wugu