Editing 425 (section)

== Events ==
[[File:Ravenna 1978 079.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mausoleum of Galla Placidia]] ([[Ravenna]])]]
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Roman civil war of 425|Roman civil war]]: Summer &ndash; [[Joannes]], [[Roman usurper]], is defeated at the fortified city of [[Ravenna]] and brought to [[Aquileia]]. After a humiliating parade on a [[donkey]] and the insults of the populace, he is executed.
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Valentinian III]], six-year-old son of [[Galla Placidia]], is installed as emperor (''[[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]]'') of the [[Western Roman Empire]]. Real power is in the hands of his mother who becomes a [[regent]].
* [[Flavius Aetius]] leads a force of [[Huns]] (60,000 men) into [[Northern Italy]]. He reaches a compromise with Placidia, in return for obtaining the rank [[commander-in-chief]] (''[[magister militum]]'') in [[Gaul]]. 
* The Huns advance unopposed on [[Constantinople]], but are halted by a [[plague (disease)|plague]] that decimates their hordes (see [[433]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Attila the Hun |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Attila_the_Hun/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref>

==== Israel ====

* After death of [[Gamaliel VI]], the [[Sanhedrin]] is disbanded by the [[Roman Empire]].
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=== By topic ===

==== Arts and Sciences ====
* Last known usage of [[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]] script in [[Egypt]] (in 452).
* c. 425&ndash;[[426]] &ndash; [[Mausoleum of Galla Placidia]] is built.

==== Education ====
* [[February 27]] &ndash; The [[University of Constantinople]] is founded by emperor [[Theodosius II]] at the urging of his wife [[Aelia Eudocia]].

==== Religion ====
* [[Buddhism]] begins to spread to [[Southeast Asia]].
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