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== Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Majorian]] gathers an expeditionary force ([[Alans]] and other [[barbarian]]s) in [[Liguria]], and enters [[Aquitaine]] after a long march, where he visits King [[Theodoric II]] at [[Toulouse]]. * Majorian invades [[Hispania]]; his generals [[Nepotianus (magister militiae)|Nepotianus]] and [[Sunieric]] lead a [[Visigothic|Visigoth]] army into [[Gallaecia]]. The [[Suebi]] are defeated and [[Lusitania]] (modern [[Portugal]]) is conquered. * King [[Genseric]], fearing a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] invasion, tries to negotiate peace with Majorian, who refuses. The [[Vandals]] devastate [[Mauretania]] and [[Moors|Moorish]] warriors poison the wells. * Majorian assembles a large fleet in [[Cartagena, Spain|Nova Carthago]] (Cartagena) in preparation for an invasion of the [[Vandal Kingdom]] in Africa. However, King Genseric organizes an attack on the fleet, using individuals sympathetic to the Vandals to conduct the raid. The fleet is destroyed and the expedition is abandoned.<ref>{{Citation|last=Merrills|first=Andy|title=Rome and the Vandals|date=2017-02-17|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/CBO9781782049081A115/type/book_part|work=The Sea in History - The Ancient World|pages=506|editor-last=Buchet|editor-first=Christian|edition=1|publisher=Boydell and Brewer Limited|doi=10.1017/9781782049081.041|isbn=978-1-78204-908-1|access-date=2020-08-03|editor2-last=Arnaud|editor2-first=Pascal|editor3-last=de Souza|editor3-first=Philip|url-access=subscription}}</ref> * Emperor [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]] founds the [[Excubitors]] ([[imperial guard]]) at [[Constantinople]]; this elite [[Tagma (military)|tagmatic]] unit (300 men) is recruited from among the warlike [[Isauria]]ns (approximate date). ==== Europe ==== * [[March 27]] (night) – [[Swabia]]ns invade the [[Gauls|Gallic]] city of [[Lugo]]. The [[governor]] is killed. ==== Asia ==== * The [[Hepthalite]]s (White Huns) conquer the remnants of the [[Kushan Empire]] and enter [[India]]. * A [[famine]] that will last for several years begins in the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] (approximate date). === By topic === ==== Art ==== * The remodeling of the dome of [[Baptistry of Neon]] at [[Ravenna]] ([[Italy]]) is finished. * The [[Ajanta Caves]] ([[India]]) are completed (cut into the volcanic [[Rock cut architecture|rock]] and elaborately painted). * The seated [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] in the [[Yungang Grottoes]], [[Datong]] ([[Shanxi]]), is made (approximate date). ==== Religion ==== * The [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Church]] ([[Egypt]]) splits from the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa|Chalcedonian Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. * [[Gennadius of Constantinople|Gennadius I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]], banishes [[Pope Timothy II of Alexandria|Timothy II]], [[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria|patriarch of Alexandria]]. </onlyinclude>
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