414: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Events

• Ataulf, king of the Visigoths, marries Galla Placidia, the sister of Roman Emperor Honorius.
• Pulcheria proclaims herself empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• Priscus Attalus is proclaimed rival Roman Emperor in Bordeaux.
• Faxian returns from India and begins translating Buddhism works into Chinese.
• Abdas, bishop of Susa, burns down a Zoroastrian temple; in retaliation, king Yazdegerd orders the destruction of Christian churches.
• The Southern Liang state comes to an end.

Births

Deaths

• Synesius, bishop of Ptolemais in Libya