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Events

• Eudoxia, wife of the Roman Emperor Valentinian III, is granted the rank of Augusta following the birth of their daughter Eudocia.
• October 19 - Carthage falls to the Vandals
• North China united under the Northern Wei Dynasty; era of Northern Dynasties begins
• The monastery of Mar Saba is founded nesr Bethlehem, Israel.

Births

Deaths

• 9 June - Spearthrower Owl, emperor of Teotihuacan