CHRONOLOGY. 



379, jet. SI. A comet appeared in Arie*, and 

 wat seen 1 1 wccki. 

 Ewupius. 

 The Bible translated into the Gothic tongue. A 



comet appeared in China. 

 St Ambrose made bishop of Milan, ob. 397. 

 The Goths, expelled by the Huns, settle in Thrace. 

 A comet appeared. 

 Valens defeated by the Goths. The prerogative* 



of the Roman tee much enlarged. 

 The Lombards fint leave Scandinavia, and defeat 



the Vandals. Ausonim, ob. about 394. 

 A comet appeared in Libra. It was seen from 



May till September, and was brighter than Venui. 

 The 2d general council of Constantinople. Mace- 



donius, the heretic. 

 The emperor Gratian defeated and killed. The 



Huns ravaged Mesopotamia. Pappus of Alex- 



andria, the mathematician. A comet appeared. 

 Theon, jun. of Alexandria, the mathematician. 

 The Quinquennales celebrated by Arcadius. St 



Jerome, ob. 420, zt. 78. 

 The tyrant Maximus defeated and killed by Theo- 



dosiui. 

 The first kings of the Lombards elected in Pannonia. 



A comet appeared in Gemini, and was seen for 



20 days. 



A fiery column seen in the air for 30 days. 

 Prudentiu*. In 392 or 393 a large comet appear- 



ed ; in 40 days it moved from Venus to the Great 



Bear. 

 Theodosius defeats Eugenius and Arbogastes. St 



Augustine, ob. 430, zt. 76. A great earthquake 



felt in many parts of Europe. A large comet 



appeared. 



Theodosius the Great dies, zt. 60. 

 St Clirysostom, ob. 407i zt. 53. A comet appeared. 

 Claudian. 

 Heliodorus. 

 A large comet appeared in China. 



FIFTH CENTURY. 



401. Europe overrun by Alaric, king of the Goths. 



Sulpicius Scverus, the ecclesiastical historian, ob. 

 420. 



402. The Avari obtain possession of Great Tartary af- 



ter defeating the Huns. Anianus of Alexandria, 



the monk and chronologer. 

 Stilichu defeats Alaric. Macrobius ; ob. about 



415. 

 An irruption of the Goths. Panodorus of Alexan- 



dria, the monk and chronologer. 

 John Stobzus. Stilicho defeats 200,000 Goths. 



A very large comet appeared. 

 406. The Vandals, Alani and Suevi, spread into France 



by a conceMioi) of Hunorius. i'elagius, ob. about 



430. 

 108. Christianity propagated in Persia. Hypalia, the 



mathematician, and daughter of Theon, ub. 415. 



A comet appeared during a solar eclipse. 



410. Rome taken and plundered by Alaric. Servius, 



the commentator on Virgil. A comet app-ared. 



411. Synesius, bishop of Cyrene, and Platonic philoso- 



pher. 



412. The Vandals begin their kingdom in Spain. Ar- 



menia divided between the Persians and Romans. 

 St Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, ob. 444. A co- 



385. 

 387. 



988. 



389. 



390. 

 392. 



394. 



395. 

 396. 

 397. 

 398. 

 400. 



403. 

 404. 



405. 



A. D. 



met wa seen in Capricorn from summer till the Clironol*. 

 end of autumn. HY- 



413. The kingdom of the Burgundians begins in Alsace. *"" "V""' 



A comet was seen in Virgo for four months. 



414. The Visigoths ettabluh the kingdom of Thoulouse. 



415. The Christians persecuted in Persia. 



416. A meteoric stone fell in Constantinople. Orosius, 



the historian. 



417. The Goths extirpate the Alans. 



418. A comet was seen from summer till September. 



419. Many cities in Palestine destroyed by an earth- 



quake. Socrates, the ecclesiastical hutorian. 

 480. The kingdom of the French begins on the Lower 

 Rhine. China is divided into two empires. 



421. The Salic law promulgated. Christianity persecu- 



ted in Persia. 



422. Thrace ravaged by the Huns. 



423. John the Notary usurps the western empire. A 



comet was seen for several days. 



425. Theodosius establishes public schools at Constan- 



tinople. 



426. The Romans leave Britain. 



427. The Romans recover Pannonia. Zosimus, the his- 



torian. 



428. ./Etius the Roman general defeated by the French. 



431. The third general council of Ep'iesus. Nestorius, 



the heretic bishop of Constantinople. 



432. The Vandals occupy the Roman provinces in A- 



frica. 



433. A great part of Constantinople consumed by fire. 

 4:54. A comet appeared. 



435. Nestorianism prevails in the East. The Theodo- 

 sian codex published. 



437. jEtius defeats the Goths. Cyril's cycle of 95 

 years begins. The Christians first persecuted bjr 

 the Vandals. Theodoret, bishop of Cyrus, ob. 

 about 460. 



439. Genseric takes Carthage ; and the kingdom of the 

 Vandals begins in Africa-. Sozomen, the ecclesi- 

 astical historian, ob. 450. 



441. The Roman territories invaded by the Huns, Per- 



sians, and Saracens. 



442. A comet appeared. 



443. The Manichzan books barned at Rome. Olympi- 



odorus, the ecclesiastical historian. 

 446. The Britons complain to jEtius and the Romans, 



against the incursions of the Scots and Picts. 

 147. Attila ravages Europe. 



448. A comet appeared. 



449. The Saxons arrive in Britain, and land in the isle of 



Thanct. Heptarchy established in England. A 

 great famine in Italy. 



450. Theodosius II. dies, zt. 49. A comet appeared. 



451. The fourth general council of Chalcedoa. yEtius 



defeats Attila. The Christians persecuted in 

 Britain. A comet appeared. Eutythes. 



452. The city of Venice takes its rise about this time. 



454. The Britons attempt in vain to expel the Saxons. 



The Vandals occupy Sicily. 



455. Rome taken by Genseric. 



456. Theodoric defeats the Suevi. Prosper, ob. 460. 



457. Hengist defeats Vortimer in the battle of Cray- 



ford, Kent. 



458. A great earthquake at Antioch. The Chinese tail 



to the north of California. 



461. A fire in Constantinople. Peace between the em- 

 peror Leo and the Goths. 



