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ROMAN HISTORY. 1393 Nestorius is deposed at the council of Ephesus. Coss. Aetius. Valerius. Theodosii II. 25 : Valentiniani III. 8. — War between Bonifacius and Aetius. Death of Bonifacius. Coss. Imp. Fl. Theodosius (II.) Aug. XIV. Petronius Maxiraus. Theodosii II. 26 : Valentiniani III. 9. Coss. Ariovindus. A spar. Theodosii II. 27 : Valentiniani III. 10. — Attila and his brother Bleda become kings of the Huns. Honoria (aet. 16), the sister of Valentinian, is banished from Constantinople on account of inconti- nency : she is said in consequence to have written to Attila to offer herself as his wife, and to invite him to invade the em- pire. Vincentius Lirinensis writes adversus Haereticos. Coss. Imp. Fl. Theodosius (II.) Aug. XV. Imp. Fl. Placid. Valentinianus (III.) Aug. IV. Theodosii II. 28: Valentiniani III. 11.— Peace with Genseric. Aetius defeats the Burgundians in Gaul. Coss. Fl. Anthemius Isidorus. Senator. Theodosii II. 29: Valentiniani III. 12.— War with the Burgundians and the Goths in Gaul. Thecdoric, king of the Goths, lays siege to Narbo. Coss. Aetius II. Sigisbuldus. Theodosii II. 30: Valentiniani III. 13.— The war with the Burgundians and Goths continues. Aetius defeats the Burgun- dians, and raises the siege of Narbo. Gen- seric persecutes the Catholics in Africa. Valentinian comes to Constantinople and marries Eudoxia, the daughter of Theodo- sius. Proclus in Athens. 3SS. Imp. Fl. Theodosius (II.) Aug. XVI. Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus. Theodosii II. 31 : Valentiniani III. 14. — The war with the Goths continues. The Codex Theodosianus is published. Coss. Imp. Fl. Theodosius (II.) Aug. XVII. Festus. Theodosii II. 32: Valentiniani III. 15.— Theodoric, who is besieged at Tolosa, sallies forth and defeats Litorius, the Roman general. Peace is made with the Goths. Carthage is taken by Genseric. Nestorius is still living in exile. Coss. Imp. Fl. Placid. Valentinianus (III.) Aug. V. Anatolius. Theodosii II. 33: Valentiniani III. 16.— Genseric invades Sicily. Leo is made bishop of Rome. Salvianus publishes his work De Gu- bernatione Dei. Coss. Cyrus sine conlega. Theodosii II. 34: Valentiniani III. 17. — War with the Vandals. The Huns under jj VOL. III. A.D. 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 Attila pass the Danube and lay waste Illyricum. Coss. Eudoxius. Fl. Dioscorus. Theodosii II. 35: Valentiniani III. 18. — The Huns continue their ravages in Illy- ricum and Thrace. Coss. Petronius Maximus II. Paternus s. Paterius. Theodosii II. 36 : Valentiniani III. 19. Coss. Imp. Fl. Theodosius (II.) Aug. XVIII. Albinus. Theodosii II. 37: Valentiniani III. 20.— feudocia retires to Jerusalem. Coss. Imp. Fl. Placid. Valentinianus (III.) Aug. VI. Nonius s. Nomus. Theodosii II. 38: Valentmiani III. 21. Coss. Aetius III. Q. Aurelius Symmachus. Theodosii II. 39: Valentiniani III. 22.— In Spain, the Vandals defeat Vitus, the Roman general, and lay waste the Roman dominions. The Britons beg assistance of Aetius to defend them against the Picts and Scots, but it is refused them. Coss. Callepius s. Alypius. Ardaburius. Theodosii II. 40: Valentiniani III. 23.— Attila crosses the Danube and lays waste the provinces of the Eastern empire in Europe: he penetrates as far as Ther- mopylae. Arrival of the Saxons in Britain. Coss. Rufius Praetextatus Postumianus. Fh Zeno. Theodosii II. 41: Valentiniani III. 24.— Embassies to and from Attila. Rechia- rius, the king of the Suevi, ravages the Roman dominions in Spain. Priscus, the Byzantine writer, accom- panies the embassy to Attila. Coss. Protogenes. Asterius. Theodosii II. 42: Valentiniani III. 25.— A new embassy is sent to Constantinople. Council of Constantinople, which condemns Eutyches. Council of Ephesus, which condemns Flavianus. Coss. Imp. Fl. Placid. Valentinianus (III.) Aug. VII. Gennadius Avienus. Valentiniani III. 26: Marciani 1. — Death of Theodosius, who left no children. Marcian is declared emperor of the East : he marries Pulcheria. Attila threatens both the Eastern and Western empires. Coss. Imp. Fl. Marcianus Aug. Adelphius. Valentiniani III. 27: Marciani 2. — Attila invades Gaul. He is defeated at Chalons by Aetius and Theodoric, the king of the Goths. Theodoric falls in the battle, and is succeeded by his son Torismond. Coun- cil of Chalcedon, at which Marcian was present. Coss. Asporacius. Fl. Herailanus. Valentiniani III. 28 : Marciani 3. — Attila invades Italy and takes Aquileia, after a siege of three months : after ravaging the 4 u