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Caelius Aurelianus, Roman physician, is practising his work "De morbis acutis et chronicis" ("Concerning Acute and Chronic Illness"), a guide to acute and chronic diseases.

Richu, the eldest son of Nintoku, becomes the 17th emperor of Japan.

The mausoleum of Galerius in Salonica (Greece) is converted into a church.

The Vandals start their westward trek from Dacia and Hungary.

Bishops from Gaza (Palestine) arrive at Constantinople to ask Arcadius that he close the pagan temple at Marneum.

Winter ndash Gainas lead the remaining Goths back to their homeland across the Danube. They meet the Huns and are defeated, the Hunnic chieftain Uldin send the head of Gainas to Constantinople where Arcadius received it as a diplomatic gift.

A riot breaks out in Constantinople, the Great Palace is burned to the ground. Gainas, an ambitious Gothic leader, attempts to evacuate his soldiers out of the city but 7,000 armed Goths are trapped and killed by order of Arcadius. After the massacre, Gainas tries to escape across the Hellespont, but his rag-tag "ad hoc" fleet is destroyed by Fravitta, a Gothic chieftain in imperial service.

Chrysanthemums are introduced to Japan (approximate date).

Construction at Great Zimbabwe begins (approximate date).

Resurrection and Two Marys with Angel near the Empty Tomb, panel of a diptych, found in Rome, is made. It is now kept at Castello Sforzesco, Milan (approximate date).

The Franks establish themselves in the North of the Netherlands.

Emperor Arcadius gives his wife Aelia Eudoxia officially the title of "Augusta". She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency.

The Vergilius Vaticanus, an illuminated manuscript, containing fragments of Virgil's "Aeneid" and "Georgics" is made in Rome.

Anthemius, praetorian prefect of the East, is sent on an embassy to the Persian capital, Ctesiphon, to congratulate king Yazdegerd I on his accession the year before.The End of Empire (p. 76). Christopher Kelly, 2009. ISBN 978-0-393-33849-2

The Paeonians (Illyricum) lose their identity (approximate date).

Hypatia, Greek philosoper, distinguishes herself as one of the first women scientists, and becoming head of the Neo-Platonist school at Alexandria.