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Events

By Place

Roman Empire

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

★ 23 January — Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine years old son Honorius ''Augustus''.

★ Theodosius I outlaws the Olympic Games, ending a thousand years of festivals, as part of the general Christian policy begun by Constantine I to slowly end both public and private religious freedom and establish universal Christian worship in accordiance with the doctrines set forth in the Nicene creed.

Asia

★ Gao Zu succeeds Tai Zu as Emperor of the Later Qin Empire in China.

Births

★ Theodoret of Cyrrhus, influential author, early church theologian and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus, Syria (423 AD–457 AD)

★ Empress Sima Maoying

Deaths

★ Eunomius of Cyzicus, Arian bishop and theologian

★ Zhai Zhao