5th century

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Centuries:	4th century - 5th century - 6th century
Decades:	400s 410s 420s 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s 490s

The 5th century is the period from 401 - 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Significant persons 4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 5 Decades and years

[edit] Overview

The events for which the 5th century is best known for is the Fall of Rome to Germanic tribes, ending the Western Roman empire.

[edit] Events

• 406: Fleeing the Huns, the Suevi and Vandals cross the frozen Rhine near Mainz. This marks the collapse of the Roman frontier in the West.
• 410: Rome sacked by Visigoths, St. Augustine writes The City of God
• 439: Vandals conquer Carthage
• At some point after 440, the Anglo-Saxons settle in Britain. The traditional story is that they were invited there by Vortigern.
• 451: Huns under Attila invade Gaul, defeated at Campus Mauriacus (location unknown).
• 452: Pope Leo I allegedly meets personally with Attila the Hun and convinces him not to sack Rome.
• 455: Vandals sack Rome
• 455: Chichen Itza of Mexico founded
• 476, August 28: Deposition of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer: traditional date for the Fall of Rome in the West.
• 480: Death of Julius Nepos in Dalmatia, the last de jure Western Roman Emperor.
• 490: Approximate date of the Battle of Mount Badon. According to legend, British forces led by Arthur defeated the invading Saxons.
• 493: Theodoric the Ostrogoth ousts Odoacer to become king of Italy.
• 494: Northern Gaul is united under Frankish King Clovis I, founder of the Merovingian dynasty.
• Buddhism reaches Myanmar and Indonesia.
• African and Indonesian settlers reach Madagascar.
• Hopewell culture ends.

[edit] Significant persons

• Agatharcos - Greek artist
• Flavius Aëtius, last of the great Roman generals
• Alaric I, king of the Visigoths that sacked Rome
• Attila the Hun
• Augustine of Hippo, bishop, theologian
• Bodhidharma, founder of Zen Buddhism
• John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Cyril of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
• Faxian, Chinese Buddhist monk
• Hawaiiloa, discovered and settled Hawaii
• Huiyuan, Chinese Buddhist
• Hypatia of Alexandria, woman philosopher
• St. Jerome hermit, cleric, Bible translator
• Pope Leo I
• Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk
• Niall Noigiallach, founder of one of Ireland's greatest dynasties.
• St. Patrick, completed the conversion to Christianity in Ireland
• Socrates Scholasticus, Byzantine Church historian
• Sozomen, Christian church historian
• Theoderic the Great, Ostrogothic king

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• stirrup invented in China
• heavy plow in use in Slavic lands
• metal horseshoes become common in Gaul
• Anglo-Saxon Futhorc alphabet used in England
• Armenian alphabet created by Mesrob Mashtots c. 405

[edit] Decades and years