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Years: 440Events September 29 Leo succeeds Sixtus as Pope. Northern China is unified by the Wei Dynasty. Geiseric, king of the Vandals, captures Sicily. Births Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Indian monk Deaths February 17 Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk August 18 Pop 441Events The Huns invade the Balkans. Persia fights a short war with Rome. Chrysaphius becomes the chief advisor to Theodosius II, after having Theodosius' sister Pulcheria dismissed. Births Deaths 441. 442Events The Romans conclude a treaty with Geiseric, acknowledging the conquests of the Vandal nation in North Africa. Domnus II succeeds his uncle John as Patriarch of Antioch Births Placidia, second and last child of Roman Emperor Valentinian III and Eudo 443Events The Burgundians create a kingdom on the banks of the Rhone Attila destroys Naissus. Births Deaths 443. 444Events Pope Leo I extinguishes the Gallican vicariate Armagh founded by St. Patrick Dioscorus I becomes Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Births Deaths June 27 Cyril of Alexandria, theologian 444. 445Events Attila murders his brother and co-king Bleda. Edict of Valentinian III against Manichaeans. Petronius Maximus is given the title Patrician. Domnus II, Patriarch of Antioch, summons a synod of Syrian bishops to confirm the deposition of Athanasius o 446Events A synod is held by Turibius of Astorga. Flavian becomes Patriarch of Constantinople Births Deaths Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople 446. 447Events Synod of Toledo: The filioque clause is added to the Nicene Creed Merovech becomes king of the Franks Battle of the Utus: Attila the Hun defeats the Eastern Romans in an indecisive battle. The Huns invade the Balkans as far as Thermopylae. Sofia de 448 449 450

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