WHAT HAPPENED IN 5. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 5. century

Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital. (19. July 484)

Majorian is arrested near Tortona (Northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor. (2. August 461)

Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. (3. August 435)

Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer. (7. August 461)

Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan. (11. August 490)

Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troops. (22. August 476)

Gothic king Radagaisus is executed after he is defeated by Roman general Stilicho and 12,000 "barbarians" are incorporated into the Roman army or sold as slaves. (23. August 406)

Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops. (23. August 476)

The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome. (24. August 410)

The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure. (24. August 455)

Pulcheria becomes empress of the Byzantine Empire after her brother Theodosius II is killed during an hunting accident. She marries the Illyrian (or Thracian) senator Marcian who is crowned as emperor. (25. August 450)

The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. (27. August 410)

The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. (28. August 475)

Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. (28. August 489)

Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. (1. September 462)

Galla Placidia, wife of the Emperor Constantius III, becomes a widow for the second time when he dies suddenly of an illness. (2. September 421)

Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. (4. September 476)

Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. (12. September 490. BC)

Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged with a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city. (17. September 456)

Greeks defeat Persians in the Battle of Salamis (20. September 480. BC)