己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3096 or 3036 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3097 or 3037
Coptic calendar
116–117
Discordian calendar
1566
Ethiopian calendar
392–393
Hebrew calendar
4160–4161
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
456–457
- Shaka Samvat
321–322
- Kali Yuga
3500–3501
Holocene calendar
10400
Iranian calendar
222 BP – 221 BP
Islamic calendar
229 BH – 228 BH
Javanese calendar
283–284
Julian calendar
400 CD
Korean calendar
2733
Minguo calendar
1512 before ROC 民前1512年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1068
Seleucid era
711/712 AG
Thai solar calendar
942–943
Tibetan calendar
阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 526 or 145 or −627 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 527 or 146 or −626
The Eastern Hemisphere in 400
Europe in 400
Year 400 (CD) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Aurelianus (or, less frequently, year 1153 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 400 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
By place
Roman Empire
January 9 – Emperor Arcadius gives his wife Aelia Eudoxia the official title of Augusta. She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency.
Anthemius, praetorian prefect of the East, is sent on an embassy to the Persian capital, Ctesiphon, to congratulate King Yazdegerd I on his accession the year before.[1]
A riot breaks out in Constantinople; the Great Palace is burned to the ground. Gainas, a Gothic leader, attempts to evacuate his soldiers out of the city, but 7,000 armed Goths are trapped and killed by order of Arcadius. After the massacre, Gainas tries to escape across the Hellespont, but his rag-tag ad hoc fleet is destroyed by Fravitta, a Gothic chieftain in imperial service.
Winter – Gainas leads the remaining Goths back to their homeland across the Danube. They meet the Huns and are defeated; the Hunnic chieftain Uldin sends the head of Gainas to Constantinople, where Arcadius receives it as a diplomatic gift.
Europe
The Paeonians (Illyricum) lose their identity (approximate date).
Asia
Chrysanthemums are introduced into Japan (approximate date).
Richū, the eldest son of Nintoku, becomes the 17th Emperor of Japan.
By topic
Art
Resurrection and "Two Marys with Angel near the Empty Tomb", panel of a diptych, found in Rome, is made. It is now kept at Castello Sforzesco, Milan (approximate date).
Literature
The Vergilius Vaticanus, an illuminated manuscript containing fragments of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics, is made in Rome.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are composed.[2]
Medicine
Caelius Aurelianus, Roman physician, is practising his work "De morbis acutis et chronicis" (Concerning Acute and Chronic Illness), a guide to acute and chronic diseases.
Physics
Hypatia, Greek philosopher, distinguishes herself as one of the first women scientists, and becoming head of the Neo-Platonist school at Alexandria.
Religion
The mausoleum of Galerius in Salonica (Greece) is converted into a church.
Bishops from Gaza (Palestine) arrive at Constantinople to ask Arcadius that he close the pagan temple of Marnas.
Births
Aspar, Alan patrician and general (magister militum) (approximate date)
Hydatius, bishop of Aquae Flaviae (modern Chaves, Portugal) (approximate date)
Salvian, Christian writer (approximate date)
Sozomen, Christian Church historian
Deaths
Castor of Karden, Christian priest and hermit
Duan, Chinese empress and wife of Murong Bao
Gainas, Gothic chieftain and general (magister militum)
Li Lingrong, empress and mother of Jin Xiaowudi
Lü Guang, emperor of the Di state Later Liang (b. 337)
Lü Shao, "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang) of Later Liang
Oribasius, Greek medical writer and physician
References
^The End of Empire (p. 76). Christopher Kelly, 2009. ISBN 978-0-393-33849-2
^Maas, Philipp André (2004). Samādhipāda das erste Kapitel des Pātañjalayogaśāstra zum ersten Mal kritisch ediert. Aachen: Shaker. ISBN 3832249877.
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