448 CE

Rechiar succeeds his father Rechila as king of the Suebi in Galicia (Northern Spain). He marries a daughter of the Visigoth king Theodoric I and converts to Catholicism. Kou Qianzhi, Chinese Daoist reformer, dies after having converted emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei and having established Daoism as the country's dominant religion. His death presages a revival of Buddhism as China's dominant faith. Attila demands in the treaty the evacuation of the territory running from Singidunum (Belgrade, in Serbia) 300 mi east along the Danube to Novae (Svishtov, in Bulgaria). This depopulated buffer zone deprives the Romans of their natural defensive advantages.

In the 440s, the 5th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Emperor Theodosius II sends an embassy to Attila the Hun; Anatolius, an Eastern Roman general (magister militum) responsible for the security of the Eastern frontier, achieves a peace treaty with the Huns, in exchange for an annual tribute of 2,100 lb of gold per year.source
  • Rechiar succeeds his father Rechila as king of the Suebi in Galicia (Northern Spain). He marries a daughter of the Visigoth king Theodoric I and converts to Catholicism.source

Conflict & Security

  • Flavius Aetius suppresses the Bagaudae in Armorica (Gaul), and defeats the Salian Franks under King Chlodio near Arras (Belgica Secunda); the invaders are stopped around a river-crossing near Vicus Helena.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Attila demands in the treaty the evacuation of the territory running from Singidunum (Belgrade, in Serbia) 300 mi east along the Danube to Novae (Svishtov, in Bulgaria). This depopulated buffer zone deprives the Romans of their natural defensive advantages.source

Religion & Belief

  • Eutyches is accused of heresy at a synod held in Constantinople.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • Theodosius II orders all non-Christian books burned.source

Births

  • Cyriacus of Athens, Greek anchorite and saint (died 557)source

Deaths

  • Kou Qianzhi, Chinese high official and Daoist (born 365)source
  • Saint Germanus, bishop of Auxerre (approximate date)source
  • Kou Qianzhi, Chinese Daoist reformer, dies after having converted emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei and having established Daoism as the country's dominant religion. His death presages a revival of Buddhism as China's dominant faith.source