WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 5. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 5. century

Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after. (6. October 404)

Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania. (13. October 409)

The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa. (19. October 439)

Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor at the age of 6. (23. October 425)

Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius. (29. October 437)

The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. (18. November 401)

Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. (31. December 406)

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