Barbarians cross the Rhine
Vandals, Alans and Suebi break through the frontier
On the last day of 406 the Vandals, Alans and Suebi crossed the Rhine near Mainz and ravaged Gaul. Three years later they moved on to Spain; the Western Empire never restored its old Rhine frontier.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- c. 405 Mesrop Mashtots creates the Armenian alphabet — 1 year earlier
Africa
- c. 397–400 Augustine's Confessions — 9 years earlier
Asia
- 383 Battle of the Fei River — 23 years earlier
- c. 427 Founding of Nalanda — 21 years later
Americas
- c. 431 Ilopango eruption — 25 years later
Alive at the time
- Augustine of Hippo (aged 52)
- Attila (aged 0)
- Hypatia (aged 46)