408

Years: 404 405 406 407 - 408 - 409 410 411 412
Decades: 370s 380s 390s - 400s - 410s 420s 430s
Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

Theodosius II succeeds his father Arcadius as Emperor of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire
In the summer of this year, the usurper Constantine III captures Spain, destroying the loyalist forces defending it.
September - Alaric, king of the Visigoths, lays siege to Rome