Years: 401 402 403 404 - 405 - 406 407 408 409

Decades: 370s 380s 390s - 400s - 410s 420s 430s

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 See also

Events

• Japanese court officially adopts the Chinese writing system (approximate date).
• Emperor Honorius closes the Colosseum.
• Saint Jerome publishes the Vulgate Bible.
• The Armenian alphabet is invented.
• Stilicho orders the Sibylline Books burned.

Births

• Ricimer, de facto ruler of the West Roman Empire
• Salvian, Christian writer (approximate date)

Deaths

• November 11 - Arsacius of Tarsus, intruding archbishop of Constantinople
• Moses the Black, Egyptian monk
• Theon of Alexandria, last director of the Library of Alexandria

See also

• The 405 freeway is a major road in Los Angeles, California.
• The Peugeot 405 was the European Car of the Year 1987.

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