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== Events ==
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==== Europe ====
* Emperor [[Valentinian III]] sends an [[Diplomatic mission|embassy]] to [[Attila|Attila the Hun]]. The purpose of the meeting is a long-running dispute over [[War loot|spoils of war]] during the [[Danube]] offensive (441–442). Attila claims his lost property, but Valentinian and [[Flavius Aetius]] (''[[magister militum]]'') refuse this request.<ref>The End of Empire. Christopher Kelly, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-393-33849-2}}</ref> 
* [[Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)|Flavius Orestes]], Roman [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocrat]], is sent to Attila's court and becomes a high-ranking secretary (''[[notarius]]''). He is the father of the future emperor [[Romulus Augustulus]].  
* Traditional date &ndash; [[Vortigern]], supposed [[king of the Britons]], invites [[Hengist and Horsa]], by tradition chieftains of the [[Jutes]], to form a [[military alliance]] against the [[Picts]] and [[Scoti]], so contributing to the [[Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain]] (according to [[Bede]]).

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==== Religion ====
* [[August 3]] &ndash; The [[Second Council of Ephesus]] opens, chaired by [[Dioscorus of Alexandria|Dioscorus]], [[patriarch of Alexandria]]. [[Flavian of Constantinople|Flavian]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], and [[Domnus II]], [[patriarch of Antioch]], are deposed on [[August 8]].
* [[October]] &ndash; A Roman [[synod]] repudiates all the decisions of the Second Council of [[Ephesus]].
* [[Anatolius of Constantinople|Anatolius]] becomes patriarch of [[Constantinople]].
* [[Maximus II of Antioch|Maximus II]] becomes patriarch of [[Antioch]].
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