__NOTOC__ Year 413 ( CDXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the

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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Herclianus and Lucius (or, less frequently, year 1166 ''

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''). The denomination 413 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Heraclianus, Roman

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, lands in

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with a large army to fight Emperor Honorius (emperor), Honorius. He is defeated in Umbria and flees to Carthage, where he is put to death by envoys of Honorius. * May 8 – Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Province of Viterbo, Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths. * The Visigoths, led by King Ataulf, conquer the towns of Toulouse and Bordeaux by force of arms. After a successful siege of Valence, Drôme, Valence, he captures the usurper Jovinus and his brother Sebastianus. In Narbonne they are executed and their heads are sent to Honorius' court at Ravenna.

Asia

* Kumaragupta I succeeds his father Chandragupta II as emperor of the Gupta Empire (India). * Jangsu of Goguryeo, Jangsu becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

By topic

Religion

* Augustine of Hippo, age 59, begins to write his spiritual book ''City of God (book), De Civitate Dei'' (City of God), as a reply to the charge that Christianity was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire.

Births

Deaths

* March 7 – Heraclianus, Roman

* September 13 – Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr and saint * Chandragupta II, emperor of the Gupta Empire * Gwanggaeto the Great, king of Goguryeo (b. 374) * Jovinus, Roman usurper of Gaul * Kumarajiva, Buddhism, Buddhist monk and translation, translator (b. 344) * Prudentius, Roman Christian poet (b. 348) * Sebastianus, Roman usurper and brother of Jovinus * Qiao Zong, warlord and prince of Chengdu

References

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