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413 CE

Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths. Augustine of Hippo, age 59, begins to write his spiritual book De Civitate Dei (City of God), as a reply to the charge that Christianity was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire. Kumaragupta I succeeds his father Chandragupta II as emperor of the Gupta Empire (India).

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • May 8 – Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.source
  • Jangsu becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.source

Conflict & Security

  • The Visigoths, led by King Ataulf, conquer the towns of Toulouse and Bordeaux by force of arms. After a successful siege of Valence, he captures the usurper Jovinus and his brother Sebastianus. In Narbonne they are executed and their heads are sent to Honorius' court at Ravenna.source
  • Kumaragupta I succeeds his father Chandragupta II as emperor of the Gupta Empire (India).source

Religion & Belief

  • Augustine of Hippo, age 59, begins to write his spiritual book De Civitate Dei (City of God), as a reply to the charge that Christianity was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire.source

Deaths

  • March 7 – Heraclianus, Roman usurpersource
  • September 13 – Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr and saintsource
  • Jovinus, Roman usurper of Gaulsource
  • Sebastianus, Roman usurper and brother of Jovinussource
  • Qiao Zong, warlord and prince of Chengdusource
  • Prudentius, Roman Christian poet (b. 348)source
  • Chandragupta II, emperor of the Gupta Empiresource
  • Kumarajiva, Buddhist monk and translator (b. 344)source