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Western Roman Empire

• In the summer of this year, the usurper Constantine III
  Constantine III (usurper)
  
  Flavius Claudius Constantinus, known in English as Constantine III was a Roman Empire general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in 407, abdicated in 411, and was captured and executed shortly afterwards....
   captures Hispania
  Hispania
  
  Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....
  , destroying the loyalist forces defending it.
• September — Alaric
  Alaric I
  
  Alaric I , was likely born about 370 on an Peuce Island at the mouth of the Danube. He was king of the Visigoths from 395–410 and the first Germanic peoples leader to take the city of Rome....
  , King of the Visigoths, lays siege to Rome.

Eastern Roman Empire

• Theodosius II
  Theodosius II
  
  Flavius Theodosius , called the Calligrapher, known in English as Theodosius II, was an Eastern Roman Empire , mostly known for the law code bearing his name, the Codex Theodosianus, and the Walls of Constantinople#The Theodosian Walls of Constantinople built during his reign....
   succeeds his father Arcadius as Emperor of the Eastern half
  Byzantine Empire
  
  Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
   of the Roman Empire. Due to Theodosius' young age, the Praetorian prefect
  Praetorian prefect
  
  Praetorian prefect was the constant title of a high office in the Roman Empire state that changed fundamentally in nature.The praetorian prefect was commander of the Praetorian Guard until Constantine I abolished the guard in 314....
  , Anthemius
  Anthemius (praetorian prefect)
  
  Flavius Anthemius was a high-ranking official of the late Roman Empire. He is notable as a Praetorian prefecture of the East and effective regent of the Eastern Roman Empire during the later reign of Arcadius and the first years of Theodosius II, as well as for the construction of the first set of the famous Walls of Constantinople#The Theodo...
  , acts as emperor.
• Under Uldin
  Uldin
  
  Uldin was one of the primary chieftains of the Huns located beyond the Danube during the reigns of Arcadius and Theodosius II . He did not, however have total control of the Hunnic people....
  , the Huns
  Huns
  
  The Huns were a confederation of Central Asian Eurasian nomads or semi-nomads, who had established an empire in Eurasia. The Huns may have stimulated the Migration Period, a contributing factor in the collapse of the Roman Empire....
   attack the Eastern Empire, setting fire to various frontier forts and taking control of the Castra Martis
  Castra martis
  
  Castra Martis was a Roman fortress in the Roman province of Dacia ripensis on the modern site of Kula, Bulgaria, in Vidin Province in Bulgaria....
  . The Romans try to negotiate, but Uldin demands an exorbitant gold tribute in return for his withdrawal. This demand is rejected and the Romans begin to push the Huns back across the Danube
  Danube
  
  The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
  .