395
Years:
391
392
393
394
-
395
-
396
397
398
399
Decades
:
360s
370s
380s
-
390s
-
400s
410s
420s
Centuries
:
3rd century
-
4th century
-
5th century
Events
After the death of emperor
Theodosius I
, the
Roman Empire
is divided in an eastern and a western half. The
eastern half
is centered in
Byzantium
under
Arcadius
, son of
Theodosius I
, and the western half in
Rome
under
Flavius Augustus Honorius
his brother.
Alaric
the
Visigoth
, general of the
foederati
, renounces Roman fealty and is declared King, waging war against both parts of the
Roman Empire
. End of a 16 year period of peace between Romans and Visigoths.
Possible date that
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
published his
Saturnalia
Births
Deaths
January 17
:
Theodosius I
, Roman Emperor
Ausonius
,
poet
and
rhetorician
Conan Meriadoc, duke of
Brittany