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428 CE

Nestorius is made patriarch of Constantinople. He preaches a new doctrine, that will be called Nestorianism. It makes a distinction between the divine and human natures of Jesus, but comes under immediate attack from Pope Celestine I, and Cyril of Alexandria. Artaxias IV, last king of Greater Armenia, is deposed by Bahram V. The Arshakuni Dynasty ends and the kingdom becomes a province of the Persian Empire. Hydatius becomes bishop of Aquae Flaviae in Gallaecia (modern Chaves) in Portugal.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Flavius Felix is elected consul for the Western Empire and issues consular diptychs during his political office.source

Conflict & Security

  • Flavius Aetius gains appointment as master of both services (magister militum praesentalis), after gaining victories in Gaul over Visigoth and Frankish forces.source
  • Artaxias IV, last king of Greater Armenia, is deposed by Bahram V. The Arshakuni Dynasty ends and the kingdom becomes a province of the Persian Empire.source
  • Frankish War (428): Commander-in-chief of the Roman army Aetius put an end to the invasion of Chlodio, king of the Salian Franks in Northern Gaul.source
  • King Vortigern invites a number of Germanic warriors to aid him in consolidating his position in Britain, according to the Historia Brittonum. He hires Saxons who are probably settled in Kent as mercenaries to fight against the Picts and the Scots beyond Hadrian's Wall.source

Religion & Belief

  • April 10 – Nestorius is made patriarch of Constantinople. He preaches a new doctrine, that will be called Nestorianism. It makes a distinction between the divine and human natures of Jesus, but comes under immediate attack from Pope Celestine I, and Cyril of Alexandria.source
  • Euthymius the Great builds a monastery in Palestine, near the Dead Sea.source
  • Hydatius becomes bishop of Aquae Flaviae in Gallaecia (modern Chaves) in Portugal.source
  • John succeeds Theodotus as patriarch of Antioch, and gives his support to Nestorius.source

Science & Discovery

  • October 26 – The planet Venus occults the planet Jupiter.source

Births

  • Tuoba Huang, prince of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 451)source

Deaths

  • King Gunderic, age 49, dies after a reign of 21 years, and is succeeded by his half-brother Genseric. He is styled with the title Rex Wandalorum et Alanorum ("King of the Vandals and Alans"). Genseric increases his power and wealth in the residence of the province of Hispania Baetica (Southern Spain).source
  • Theodore of Mopsuestia, bishop and theologiansource
  • Gunderic, king of the Vandals and Alans (b. 379)source
  • Qifu Chipan, prince of the Xianbei state Western Qinsource