395 - Definition and Overview

Events

• After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. The eastern half is centered in Constantinople under Arcadius, son of Theodosius I, and the western half in Rome under Flavius Augustus Honorius his brother.
• Alaric the Visigoth, general of the foederati, renounces Roman fealty and is declared King, waging war against both parts of the Roman Empire. End of a 16 year period of peace between Romans and Visigoths.
• Possible date that Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius published his Saturnalia

Births

Deaths

• January 17: Theodosius I, Roman Emperor
• Ausonius, poet and rhetorician
• Conan Meriadoc, duke of Brittany