1st January » Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius (emperor) Honorius, is married to the Visigoths Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Goths Gothic booty.
4th July » Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Pulcheria Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress ('Augusta (honorific) Augusta') of the Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman Empire.