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[[File:Alarich steel engraving.jpg|thumb|[[Alaric I]], king of the [[Visigoths]]]] 
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Year '''401''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Vincentius and [[Fravitta|Fravitus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1154 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 401 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Arcadius]] sends many gifts to the [[Huns|Hunnic]] chieftain [[Uldin]], in appreciation of his victory over the [[Goths]] and [[Gainas]]. Arcadius then allies himself with the Huns.
* Piracy is committed by [[Slavery|slave]]-traders from [[Galatia (Roman province)|Galatia]] ([[Anatolia]]), along the coasts of [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]]. 
* The old [[Legio II Adiutrix]], part of which had always been stationed at [[Aquincum]] (modern [[Budapest]]), is divided into two ''[[comitatenses]]'', and shipped to [[Roman Britain|Britannia]].
* [[Stilicho]], Roman general (''[[magister militum]]''), leads his army in an extensive campaign against the [[Vandals]] in [[Rhaetia]] ([[Switzerland]]).
* The [[Temple of Artemis]] near [[Selçuk]] in [[Ephesus]] is dismantled.
* [[November 18]] &ndash; The [[Visigoths]], led by king [[Alaric I]], cross the [[Alps]] and invade northern [[Italy]].
* Emperor [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] begins to use the city of [[Ravenna]] as a temporary center for certain administrative and military functions. The city is chosen because of its proximity to the bulk of the Western Roman army and due to the fact that its relative poverty makes it a less tempting target for barbarian invaders than cities such as Rome or Milan. This event is often misinterpreted as the establishment of Ravenna as a capital. In reality, the capital of the Western Roman Empire was not truly established at Ravenna until 408.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gillett|first=Andrew|date=2001|title=Rome, Ravenna and the Last Western Emperors|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40311008|journal=Papers of the British School at Rome|volume=69|pages=131–167|doi=10.1017/S0068246200001781|jstor=40311008|s2cid=129373675|issn=0068-2462|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==== Black Sea ====
* The ''[[Chronicon Paschale|Chronicon Pachale]]'' (Paschal Chronicle) reports that the [[Black Sea]] is completely frozen.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yanko-Hombach |first1=Valentina |last2=Gilbert |first2=Allan S. |last3=Panin |first3=Nicolae |last4=Dolukhanov |first4=Pavel M. |title=The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate and Human Settlement |date=2006 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9781402053023 |page=635 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDYXosqZpegC&pg=PA635|language=en}}</ref>

==== China ====
* [[Kumarajiva]], [[Kucha|Kuchean]] Buddhist [[Bhikkhu|monk]], arrives in [[Chang'an]] and begins translating [[Buddhist]] texts into [[Chinese language|Chinese]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Pope Anastasius I]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by [[Pope Innocent I|Innocent I]] as the 40th [[pope]] proclaiming his universal power over the whole of [[Christendom]].
* The [[Mahabharata]], an [[History of India|Indian]] [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit]] [[Indian epic poetry|epic]], is finalised.

== Births ==
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Theodosius II]], [[Roman emperor]] (d. [[450]])
* [[Aelia Eudocia]], [[List of Roman and Byzantine empresses|Roman empress]] and wife of Theodosius II (approximate date)
* [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]], [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] (d. [[474]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Pope Anastasius I]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Anastasius I {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Anastasius-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Duan Ye]], prince of the Chinese state [[Northern Liang]]
* [[Lü Zuan]], emperor of the [[Di (Wu Hu)|Di]] state [[Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)|Later Liang]]
* [[Murong Sheng]], emperor of the [[Xianbei]] state [[Later Yan]] (b. [[373]])
* [[Empress Yang (Lü Zuan's wife)|Empress Yang]], wife of Lü Zuan

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