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Years: 451 452 453 454 - 455 - 456 457 458 459
Decades: 420s 430s 440s - 450s - 460s 470s 480s
Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

17 March - Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor in the western Roman Empire (see deaths below).
June 2 - Gaiseric leads the Vandals into Rome and plunders the city for two weeks.
July 9 - Roman military commander Avitus is at Tolosa proclaimed Emperor in the western Roman Empire.
The Ostrogoths conquer Pannonia and Dalmatia.
Earliest recorded date at Chichen Itza.
Skandagupta succeeds Kumaragupta as ruler of the Gupta Empire
Hengist and Horsa battle Wurtgern at Aylesford. Horsa is killed. (According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)