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This article is about the year 409. For the song by the Beach Boys, see
409 (song)
. For the cleaning product, see
Formula 409
.
Calendar year
Year
409
(
CDIX
) was a
common year starting on Friday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
. In the
Roman Empire
, it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius
(or, less frequently,
year 1162
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination 409 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
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Roman Empire
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- Spring –
Gerontius
, Roman general (
magister militum
), who had been a partisan of
Constantine III
, revolts in
Hispania
. He elevates
Maximus
, his
domesticus
, as emperor.
- October 13
– The
Vandals
, led by King
Gunderic
, cross the
Pyrenees
into the
Iberian Peninsula
. They receive land from the
Romans
, as
foederati
, in
Baetica
(Southern
Spain
). The
Alans
occupy lands in
Lusitania
and the
Suebi
control parts of
Gallaecia
.
- The
Visigothic
king
Alaric I
lays siege to
Rome
a second time, bringing the inhabitants close to starvation. Emperor
Honorius
, safe in inaccessible
Ravenna
, refuses to negotiate for peace, despite repeated offers from Alaric, who then comes to terms with the
Senate
and sets up a rival emperor,
Priscus Attalus
, prefect (
praefectus urbi
) of the city.
- Honorius agrees that sons of prominent families at court in Ravenna be sent beyond the
Danube
as
hostages
; in return, later he calls up ten thousand
Hun
mercenaries.
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- Famine
strikes Hispania,
Gaul
and the
Italian Peninsula
.
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- Bacaudic Rebellion
: Peasants in
Armorica
, northwestern
Gallia
launch a revolt. The unrest continues until 417.
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Asia
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