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422 CE

Theodosius II issues a law to form provisions in peacetime. He instructs landowners leasing towers in the Theodosian Walls to assist with the build-up of emergency goods. Theodosius pays an annual tribute of 350 pounds of gold to the Huns in order to buy peace. Pope Boniface I dies after a 4-year reign that was interrupted for 15 weeks, by the faction of the antipope Eulalius. He is succeeded by Celestine I as the 43rd pope. Petrus, bishop of Illyria, starts construction of the Church of Santa Sabina (approximate date).

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • End of the Roman–Sassanid War: Emperor Theodosius II signs a 100-year peace treaty with Persia after 2 years of war. He agrees to a status quo ante bellum ("the state in which things were before the war"), and both parties guarantee liberty of religion in their territories.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 3 – Theodosius II issues a law to form provisions in peacetime. He instructs landowners leasing towers in the Theodosian Walls to assist with the build-up of emergency goods. Theodosius pays an annual tribute of 350 pounds of gold to the Huns in order to buy peace.source
  • The Roman army invades Gaul; they capture and execute the Frankish king Theudemeres with his family.source
  • Vandal war: The Roman commander-in-chief Castinus leads a defeat against the Vandals at Baetica.source

Religion & Belief

  • Approximate date – A monastic community is established at the Maijishan Grottoes.source
  • Petrus, bishop of Illyria, starts construction of the Church of Santa Sabina (approximate date).source

Climate & Environment

  • The walls of Rome's Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) crack during an earthquake.source

Culture & Society

  • Shao Di, age 16, eldest son of Wu Di, succeeds his father as emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (China).source
  • Theodosius II receives a statue at Hebdomon, military parade ground on the shores of the Propontis, just outside Constantinople. On its base (fragments are now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum), an inscription praises him as “everywhere and forever victorious.”source

Births

  • August 8 – Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenquesource
  • Licinia Eudoxia, Roman empress (d. 493)source
  • Genevieve, patron saint of Paris (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • June 26 – Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 363)source
  • September 4 – Pope Boniface I dies after a 4-year reign that was interrupted for 15 weeks, by the faction of the antipope Eulalius. He is succeeded by Celestine I as the 43rd pope.source
  • Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (approximate date)source
  • Theudemeres, king of the Franks (approximate date)source
  • Abraham of Cyrrhus, Syrian hermit and bishopsource