Year 454 ( CDLIV) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aetius and Studius (or, less frequently, year 1207 ''

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''). The denomination 454 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* September 21 – Emperor Valentinian III stabs his commander-in-chief Flavius Aetius to death, during a meeting of the imperial council at Ravenna. He has accused Aetius of plotting against him to seize power. After his

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, the Western Roman Empire has no effective defender against its hostile barbarian neighbors ( Alans, Franks, Ostrogoths, Vandals and Visigoths).

Europe

* Battle of Nedao: Allied forces of subjected peoples ( Gepids, Heruli, Ostrogoths, Rugii,

Sciri The Sciri, or Scirians, were a Germanic people. They are believed to have spoken an East Germanic language. Their name probably means "the pure ones". The Sciri were mentioned already in the late 3rd century BC as participants in a raid on the ...

and

Suebi The Suebi (or Suebians, also spelled Suevi, Suavi) were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic. In the early Roman era they included many peoples with their own names ...

), under the leadership of King Ardaric, defeat the Huns under Ellac, eldest son of

Attila the Hun Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Bulgars, among others, in Central and Ea ...

, in

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...

. Ellac is killed during the battle and succeeded by his brother Dengizich. * Ardaric unites the Gepids with other Germanic tribes, and founds the Kingdom of the Gepids in the Pannonian Basin. * The Vandals conquer Malta. * Ireland: The Diocese of Clogher is erected.

Births

* Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (d.

526 __NOTOC__ Year 526 ( DXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Olybrius without colleague (or, less frequently, year ...

) * Xian Wen Di, Chinese emperor of

Northern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Northern dynasties ...

(d.

476 __NOTOC__ Year 476 ( CDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Basiliscus and Armatus (or, less frequently, year 1229 ...

)

Deaths

* September 21 – Flavius Aetius, Roman general ('' magister militum'') * Ellac, king of the Huns * Justa Grata Honoria, sister of Valentinian III (approximate date) * Dioscorus the Great,

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References

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