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Pope Leo I the Great is installed

Pope Leo I the Great is installed

Pope Leo I the Great is installed

Events Before

  1. K'inich Yax K'uk Mo', founding ruler of Maya city of Copán, marks completion of an important calendrical cycle under May

    K'inich Yax K'uk Mo', founding ruler of Maya city of Copán, marks completion of an important calendrical cycle under Maya Long Count calendar (Stela 63). Oldest known inscription from Copán.

  2. Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emp

    Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius

  3. The Theodosian Code of Roman laws proclaimed in the Eastern Empire (first law reforms since 295)

    The Theodosian Code of Roman laws proclaimed in the Eastern Empire (first law reforms since 295)

  4. Theodosian Code of Roman laws is proclaimed in the Western Empire (first law reforms since 295)

    Theodosian Code of Roman laws is proclaimed in the Western Empire (first law reforms since 295)

  5. The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take the city of Carthage in North Africa

    The Vandals were a Germanic people who were first mentioned in the written records as the inhabitants of what is now Poland, during the period of the Roman Empire.

Events After

  1. BC Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 8:1, NLTse)

    BC Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 8:1, NLTse)

  2. BC Battle of Cremera: Etruscan city Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman Republican army in one of the most unexpected an

    BC Battle of Cremera: Etruscan city Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman Republican army in one of the most unexpected and dramatic defeats in Roman history

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