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

Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. (21. September 455)

Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. (29. September 480. BC)

Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theodoric the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy). (30. September 489)

The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia). (5. October 456)

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)

At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1). (8. October 451)

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

Magister militum Ricimer defeats Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. (16. October 456)

Battle of Placentia: Ricimer, supported by Majorian (comes domesticorum), defeats the Roman usurper Avitus near Piacenza (Northern Italy) . (17. October 456)

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

The Council of Chalcedon adopts the Chalcedonian Creed regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus Christ. (22. October 451)

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

Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire. (25. October 473)

The Visigoths brutally sack the Suebi's capital of Braga (Portugal), churches are burnt to the ground. (28. October 456)

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)

Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. (31. October 475)

Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of 10 months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. (17. November 474)

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

Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer. (19. November 461)

After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. (22. November 498)