566 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



About this time (see Alst ), the Irish converted to Christianity by Patricius. 



"435 A. D." (Prosp., and Clint.), the Burgundians under Gundicar, defeated by Aetius. 



Aghastier or Agastya, translator of Sanscrit medical writings into Tamil (the language of South- 

 ern Hindustan) as early possibly as this date. — He is mentioned in the Ramayana (Wils., and 

 Royle antiq. hind. med. p. 4S). 



"436 A. D." (Prosp., and Clint.), Narbo in Gaul besieged by the Goths: who were in other 

 directions exceeding their limits. 



"The same year" (Elphinst. iii. 3), in Hindustan, end of the reign of Pulimat or Pulomarchish, 

 and of the Andra dynasty. 



"437 A. D." (Prosp., and Clint.), in North Africa, bishops maintaining the " catholicam fidem" 

 persecuted by Genseric king of the Vandals ; who sided with the Arians. 



"438 A. D." (Clint.), the Theodosian codex of laws published; having been accepted in Rome 

 by the Senate. 



'• 439 A. D.'' (Prosp., and Clint ), Carthage captured by Genseric king of the Vandals. 



Datisca caunabina of the mountains of Asia Minor and Crete. The XUlTlENION of Zosimus 

 — is referred here by Stapel 721 : D. cannabina is termed "cannabina cretica ftorifera etiam fructi- 

 fera" by Tournefort cor. 52 ; and was observed by Sibthorp pi. 960 on mount Sipylus in Phrygia. 

 Farther South, the imported seeds are enumerated by Forskal mat. med., and Delile, as used in Egypt 

 for an emetic and called " djabal hendi." 



"440 A. D." (Prosp., and Clint.), invasion of Sicily by Genseric. Death of Xistus ; and after 

 some days, Leo Magnus ordained "forty-third bishop" of Rome. Many writings of Leo Magnus 

 are extant. 



"The same year" (Agath., and Clint.), Vararam V. succeeded by Yesdejerd II., fourteenth 

 Sasanid king of Persia. 



"441 A. D." (Marcellin , and Clint.), irruption of the Huns into Illyricum. 



"443 A. D." (Idat., and Clint.), mission of the poet Merobaudes into Spain. 



" In or about 445 A. D." (Percev. i. 236), the Coraysh under Cossay, having obtained the charge 

 of the Caba or temple at Mecca, building dwellings around it : the founding of the city of Mecca. 



"446 A. D." (Gildas, and Clint.), letter to Aetius from the people of Britain, complaining of the 

 Picts and Scots : "repellunt nos barbari ad mare, repellit nos mare ad barbaros : inter haec oriunlur 

 duo genera funerum, aut jugulamur aut mergimur," the barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives 

 us back on the barbarians, and we have two kinds of funerals, we either have our throats cut, or are 

 drowned. Aetius warring against Attila was unable to extend aid. 



"447 A. D." (Beda, Clint., see also Blair), invited by king Vortigern, the "gens Anglorum sive 

 Saxonum" in "three long ships" first come into Britain. — Instead of aiding, they turned against 

 their employers (Gildas hist. 23). 



On the " ninth of the calends of January " (Idat., and Clint.), eclipse of the sun. 



"44S A. D." (Prise, and Clint.), plot of Theodosius II. to assassinate Attila. — To whom Maxi- 

 minus and the historian Priscus" were afterwards sent as ambassadors. 



" 449, October " (Clint, iv. p. 675), Flavianus bishop of Constantinople deposed, and succeeded by 

 Anatolius. 



Manuscripts of the " Fourth or Fifth " century (De Wailly pi. ii. 2) presenting the following 

 forms of the letters, h, p. The form p also in Coptic inscriptions of the "Fifth" century (Silvest. 

 i. pi. 4). 



"45°. July" (Marcellin., and Clint.), Theodosius II. succeeded by Marcian, third Byzantine 

 emperor. 



"451 A. D." (Neumann transl. Elis.), Yesdejerd II. attempting to force fire-worship or the 

 Magian religion throughout his dominions, opposed by the Armenians, a Christian nation. "June 

 2d," the Armenians finally defeated on the river Dekhmund, and their leader Vartan slain. The 

 account is given by Elisaeus, a cotemporary historian, eye-witness of many of the events he relates. 



In the Armenian language "bun" signifies ground or nature, and is therefore the equivalent of 

 the Chinese "pun" signifying basis or nature (Neum. note 33 p. 6). 



"Fourteenth of the calends of July" (Idat., and Clint.), a cjmet beginning to appear : was in 

 the West on the "calends of August." 



"After Sept. 27th" (Idat., Isidor., and Clint), Attila defeated at Chalons by the Romans under 

 Aetius aided by the Goths. The Gothic king Theodores or Theodoric, slain in the battle, succeeded 

 by his son Tliorismus or Torismond. 



"In autumn" (Marcellin., and Clint.), Fourth general ecclesiastical Council. Convened at 

 Chalcedon ; consisting of " six hundred and thirty" bishops ; and attended " Oct. 25th" by the emperor 

 Marcian. Jerusalem was declared a patriarchate (Kitt. bibl. cycl.), and the opinions' of Eutyches 

 were condemned : a measure equivalent to excommunication of Egypt, where these opinions were 



