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Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:M1 year in topic Year 438 (CDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 1191 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 438 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Byzantium
[edit | edit source]- Emperor Theodosius II forbids the divulging of secrets of naval carpentry, probably to avoid its spread to the rising Vandal power in North Africa.[citation needed]
- February 15 – The Codex Theodosianus, a collection of edicts of Roman law, is published.
- Aelia Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II, goes on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, bringing back with her holy relics to prove her faith.
Europe
[edit | edit source]- The last gladiatorial fights are held in the Colosseum in Rome.[citation needed]
- King Hermeric of the Suebic Kingdom of Galicia is forced to retire after a seven-year illness. He hands the government over to his son Rechila.
- In the Gothic War (436-439) besieges Aetius over the Visigoths in the Battle of Mons Colubrarius.
Persia
[edit | edit source]- Bahram V dies after an 18-year reign as Sassanid king of the Persian Empire. He is succeeded by his son Yazdegerd II.[1]
By topic
[edit | edit source]Religion
[edit | edit source]- Relics of John Chrysostom are transported to Constantinople.
Births
[edit | edit source]- Basina, queen of Thuringia (approximate date)
- Epiphanius, bishop of Pavia (d. 496)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Bahram V, king of the Persian Empire
- Feng Hong, last emperor of Northern Yan
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Daryaee, Touraj (2023). Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. London: I. B. Tauris & Company. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-75561-842-2.