408

Events

• Theodosius II succeeds his father Arcadius as Emperor of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire
• In the summer of this year, the usurper Constantine III captures Spain, destroying the loyalist forces defending it.
• September - Alaric, king of the Visigoths, lays siege to Rome

Births

Deaths

• May 1 - Arcadius, Roman Emperor of the East
• August 23 - Stilicho, Roman general (executed)