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0153-01-01 BC Roman consuls begin their year in office
0105-10-06 BC Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.

Victory in Battle

0101-07-30 BC Battle of Vercellae: Roman army under Gaius Marius defeats the Cimbri in Cisalpine Gaul, ending the Celto-Germanic threat on Italy's border with over 100,000 Cimbri killed

0086-03-01 BC Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus

Victory in Battle

0052-10-03 BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia

Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

0049-01-10 BC Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, uttering "alea iacta est" (the die is cast), signaling the start of civil war which would lead to his appointment as Roman dictator for life

An illustration of Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River into Italy, signalling the beginning of the civil war in Rome

0046-09-21 BC Julius Caesar celebrates first of four triumphal processions in Rome - over Gaul, Egypt, Pontus and Africa with leader of the Gauls Vercingetorix led in chains

Assassination of Julius Caesar

0044-03-15 BC Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome

0043-12-07 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae

Historic Event

0043-11-26 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed

0043-08-19 BC Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul
0042-10-23 BC Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.

Victory in Battle

0031-09-02 BC Battle of Actium: decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian's forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece.

0030-08-01 BC Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic
0027-01-16 BC The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate

Roman Empire

0008-08-03 Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus

0013-11-16 General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
0028-06-12 Roman General Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul
0030-04-07 Scholars' estimate for Jesus' crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem [or April 3]

Historic Event

0037-03-18 Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor

0037-03-28 Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula (which means "little soldier's boots"), accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate

Assassination

0041-01-24 Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor after the latter's assassination by officers of the Praetorian Guard

0041-01-25 After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate

Roman Empire

0051-03-04 Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth)

0054-10-13 Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor
0055-02-11 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
0064-07-18 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
0064-07-19 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire
0065-06-08 Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem
0068-06-08 Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba
0068-06-09 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging

Victory in Battle

0068-06-21 Roman General Vespasian conquers Jericho during the Great Jewish Revolt

0069-01-01 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
0069-01-02 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, Emperor
0069-01-10 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar
0069-01-15 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor, only rules for three months before committing suicide
0069-07-01 Roman General Vespasian is first proclaimed Emperor by troops in Egypt, during year of the four emperors
0069-12-20 General Vespasian's troops occupy Rome after defeating the Emperor Vitellius
0070-05-31 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem

Historic Event

0070-06-05 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem

0070-07-01 Roman General Titus and his forces set up battering rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
0070-08-08 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans
0070-08-10 Second Temple in Jerusalem set on fire by Roman army under Titus during the capture of the city (approx)
0070-09-07 Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem
0070-09-27 Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Roman army
0073-04-16 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt

The 17 Year-Old Witness to the Eruption of Vesuvius

0079-08-23 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire (goes on to destroy Pompeii) [approx date] [1] [2]

Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (c. 1821) by John Martin

Roman Empire

0081-09-14 Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus

0089-01-01 Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome

Assassination

0096-09-18 Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated

Roman Empire

0098-01-27 Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.

0104-01-01 Triumphal procession for the Roman General Gaius Marius with the defeated Numidian King Jugurtha led in chains though Rome

Historic Event

0138-07-11 Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Emperor of Rome

0161-03-07 Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

0176-11-27 Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator

0177-01-01 Commodus, son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius becomes consul for the first time - at 15 then youngest ever in Roman history
0180-03-17 Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies leaving his son Commodus aged 18 as sole emperor
0192-12-31 Roman Emperor Commodus survives poisoning attempt by his mistress only to be strangled in the bath in assassination plot
0193-03-28 Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

Roman Empire

0193-04-09 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum

0193-04-14 Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
0193-06-01 Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
0211-02-04 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies in Eboracum (York) in England, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta

Assassination

0217-04-08 Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus

Historic Event

0218-06-08 Elagabalus becomes the emperor of Rome

0235-09-28 Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down
0238-03-22 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor
0251-07-01 The Battle of Abrittus in the Balkans won by the Goths against the Romans. Roman Emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed
0258-08-06 Pope St Sixtus II beheaded in Rome under persecutions by Roman Emperor Valerian
0268-12-26 Saint Dionysius, Roman Pope (259-260), dies

Roman Empire

0274-12-25 Roman Emperor Aurelian dedicates a temple to Sol Invictus on the supposed day of the winter solstice and day of rebirth of the Sun.

Historic Event

0284-11-20 Roman soldier Diocletian proclaimed Emperor by the army

0293-03-01 Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy (rule of four people) elevating Galerius and Constantius Chlorus to Caesar
0303-02-23 Roman Emperor Diocletian begins his policy of persecuting Christians, razing the church at Nicomedia
0303-02-24 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian
0305-05-01 Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor

Roman Empire

0306-07-25 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops

Historic Event

0306-10-28 Maxentius proclaimed Emperor of Rome

0308-11-11 The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul.
0311-04-30 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

Vision of the Cross

0312-10-27 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross

0313-01-01 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
0314-10-08 Battle at Cibalae: Roman emperor in the west Constantine beats emperor in the east Licinius
0317-03-01 Crispus and Constantine II, sons of Roman Emperor Constantine I, and Licinius the younger, son of Emperor Licinius, raised to rank of Caesar
0321-03-07 Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire
0324-07-03 Battle of Adrianople: Roman Emperor Constantine I defeats his co-emperor Licinius, who flees to Byzantium
0324-12-19 Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.
0326-11-18 Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica
0330-05-11 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes the capital of the Roman Empire

Famous Birthdays

0236-06-20 BC Scipio Africanus, Roman statesman and general of the Second Punic War, born in Rome, Italia, Roman Republic (d. 183 BC)

Aurelia Cotta

0120-05-21 BC Aurelia Cotta, Mother of Julius Caesar, born in Rome (d. 54 BC)

Pompey the Great

0106-09-29 BC Pompey the Great [Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus], Roman political and military leader (1st Triumvirate and Consul), born in Picenum, Italy (d. 48 BC)

Cicero

0106-01-03 BC Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher, born in Arpinum (d. 43 BC)

Julius Caesar

0100-07-13 BC Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader, born in Rome (d. 44 BC), (or July 12)

Mark Antony

0083-01-14 BC Mark Antony [Marcus Antonius], Roman politician and general (Battle of Actium), born in Rome (d. 30 BC)

Virgil

0070-10-15 BC Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro], Roman poet of the Augustan period (Aeneid), born in Andes, Cisalpine Gaul (d. 19 BC)

Horace

0065-12-08 BC Horace, Roman Republican poet (Odes), born in Venosa, Italy (d. 8 BC)

Marcus Agrippa

0063-10-23 BC Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman general (Battle of Actium) (or 64 BC), born in an uncertain location but possibly in Arpino, Istria or Asisium (d. 12 BC)

Augustus Caesar

0063-09-23 BC Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius], First Roman Emperor (27 BC-14 AD), born in Rome, Roman Republic (d. 14 AD)

Livia

0058-01-30 BC Livia Drusilla [Julia Augusta], Wife and adviser of Roman Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius, probably born in Rome (d. 29)

0043-03-20 BC Ovid [Publius Ovidius Naso], Roman poet (Metamorphoses)(d. 17)

Tiberius

0042-11-16 BC Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14 AD-37 AD), born in Rome (d. 37 AD)

0015-05-24 BC Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander, born in Roma, Italia, Roman Empire (d. 19)

Claudius

0010-08-01 BC Claudius, Roman Emperor (41-54), born in Lugdunum, Gaul (d. 54AD)

0003-12-24 Galba, Roman Emperor, born in Terracina, Italy (d. 69)

Vespasian

0009-11-17 Vespasian, Roman Emperor (AD 69-79), born in Falacrina, Italy (d. AD 79)

Caligula

0012-08-31 Caligula [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman Emperor (37-41 AD), born in Anzio, Italy (d. 41)

0015-09-24 Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for a few months in 69AD, born in Rome (d. 69)

Agrippina the Younger

0015-11-06 Agrippina the Younger [Julia Agrippina], Roman Empress (sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero), born in Oppidum Ubiorum (Cologne) (d. 59)

Messalina

0017-01-25 Messalina, Roman Empress (wife of Claudius, infamous for her promiscuity) (born either 17 or 20 AD), born in Rome (d. 48)

Nerva

0030-11-08 Nerva, Roman Emperor (96-98), born in Narni, Italy (d. 98)

0032-04-28 Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor, born in Ferentium, Italy (d. 69)

Nero

0037-12-15 Nero, 5th Emperor of Rome (54-68), born in Antium, Italy (d. 68)

Titus

0039-12-30 Titus, 10th Roman Emperor (79-81) and conqueror of Jerusalem, born in Rome (d. 81)

0040-06-13 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and Governor of Britain, conquered Wales and Northern England, born in Gallia Narbonensis (Roman province in Southern France) (d. 93)

Domitian

0051-10-24 Domitian, Roman Emperor (81-96), born in Rome (d. 96)

Trajan

0053-09-18 Trajan, XIII Roman Emperor (98 - 117 AD) famous for Trajan's Forum, born in Italica, Ancient Hispania (d. 117)

0064-09-08 Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus and lover of Domitian, born in Rome (d. 91)

Hadrian

0076-01-24 Hadrian, Roman Emperor (117-138, builder of Hadrian's Wall), born in Italica (d. 138)

Antoninus Pius

0086-09-19 Antoninus Pius [Titus Aurelius], 15th Emperor of Rome (138-161 AD), born in Lanuvium, Italy (d. 161)

Marcus Aurelius

0121-04-26 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (161-180), born in Rome (d. 180)

0126-08-01 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (Year of the Five Emperors), born in Alba Pompeia, Italia (d. 193)
0133-01-30 Didius Julianus [Marcus Severus Didius Julianus], Roman Emperor, born in Milan, Italy (d. 193)

0189-03-07 Publius Septimius Geta, Roman Emperor, born in Rome (d. 211)

Aurelian

0214-09-09 Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270-275), born in Serdica (d. 275)

0225-01-20 Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
0250-03-31 Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (305-306 AD), born in Dacia Ripensis, Northen Balkans (d. 306)
0270-11-20 Maximinus II, Emperor of the Roman Empire (308-313), born in Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad, Serbia) (d. 313)

Constantine the Great

0272-02-27 Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (306-337) who adopted Christianity, born in Naissus (d. 337)

0347-01-11 Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome, last emperor to rule the east and west empire, born in Hispania (d. 395)
0419-07-02 Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55), born in Ravenna (d. 455)
0472-08-18 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker

Gregory of Tours

0538-11-30 St Gregory of Tours, Gallo-Roman chronicler and bishop (Historia Francorum), born in Auvergne, Gaul (d. 594)

Edward Gibbon

1737-05-08 Edward Gibbon, English historian (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), born in Putney, England (d. 1794)

Famous Weddings

Wedding of Interest

0038-01-17 BC Roman Republican Leader Octavian, later Augustus 1st Roman Emperor, marries Livia Drusilla

Wedding of Interest

0049-01-01 Roman Emperor Claudius marries his fourth wife and niece Agrippina the Younger

Constantine the Great

0307-03-31 Roman Emperor Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the Emperor Maximian, later murdering her in 326

Famous Deaths

Gaius Marius

0086-01-13 BC Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (held the office of consul seven times), dies at 70

0063-12-05 BC Publius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura), Roman statesman

Aurelia Cotta

0054-07-31 BC Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, dies at 66

0052-01-18 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician known for his involvement in various scandals, murdered by a rival's bodyguards (b. 93 BC)

Pompey the Great

0048-09-28 BC Pompey the Great [Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus], Roman general and politician, dies at 59

0045-04-12 BC Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
0045-03-17 BC Titus Labienus, Roman leader (Lieutenant of Julius Caesar who later opposed him), killed in the Battle of Munda

0009-09-15 Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59

Augustus Caesar

0014-08-19 Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius], First Roman Emperor (27 BC-14 AD), dies at 75

0017-01-02 Ovid, Roman poet (Metamorphoses), dies at ~59
0019-10-10 Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33
0031-09-18 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorian guard, executed

0062-06-09 Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero and daughter of Emperor Claudius, killed on Nero's orders at 22
0065-04-12 Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
0065-04-30 Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)

Nero

0068-06-09 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31

0069-01-15 Galba [Servius Sulpicius Galba], 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched by his successor Otho at 70
0069-04-16 Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor, dies at 36
0069-12-22 Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for 8 months, executed by the troops of his successor Vespasian in Rome at 54

Vespasian

0079-06-23 Vespasian, Roman Emperor, dies at 69

0079-09-23 Pope Linus, second Bishop of Rome after St Peter
0079-10-25 Gaius Plinius Secundus [Pliny the Elder], Roman admiral and writer, dies during eruption of Mount Vesuvius [approx date, month of eruption disputed] [1] [2]

Titus

0081-09-13 Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies of a fever at about 42

0093-08-23 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and Governor of Britain, conquered Wales and Northern England, dies at 53

0155-07-11 Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155) saint and martyr, dies

0193-03-28 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (Year of the Five Emperors), assassinated at 66
0193-06-01 Didius Julianus [Marcus Severus Didius Julianus], Roman Emperor, murdered at 61
0197-02-19 Clodius Albinus, Roman General serving in England who proclaimed himself Emperor, dies in the Battle of Lugdunum [Lyon] fighting Septimius Severus

Septimius Severus

0211-02-04 Lucius Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64

Caracalla

0217-04-08 Caracalla, Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29

0217-12-20 Pope Zephyrinus, Bishop of Rome (199-217)
0218-06-08 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54

Elagabalus

0222-03-11 Elagabalus, Roman Emperor (218-22), murdered by the Praetorian Guard at 18

0235-03-18 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
0238-04-12 Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
0238-04-12 Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
0238-05-10 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
0238-07-29 Pupienus, Roman Emperor ruled 3 months with Balbinus
0238-07-29 Balbinus, Roman Emperor, ruled 3 months with Pupienus
0251-07-01 Decius, Roman Emperor (249-251), 1st Roman Emperor to be killed by a foreign enemy, dies in the Battle of Abritus at about 50 (b. 201)
0251-07-01 Herennius Etruscus, joint Roman Emperor with his father Decius, dies fighting in the Battle of Abritus (b. ca. 227)
0254-03-05 St Lucius I, Pope and Bishop of Rome (253-54), dies
0257-08-02 St Stephen I, bishop of Rome (Pope) (254-57) and heretic fighter, dies
0258-08-06 Saint Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded under orders of Emperor Valerian
0276-07-16 Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered
0290-10-01 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed
0290-10-07 [Christian] Sergius, Roman soldier and martyred saint, decapitated
0296-04-22 Pope Caius, Bishop of Rome (283-296), dies at 51
0303-04-23 Saint George, Greek officer in the Roman army, beheaded. Patron saint of many lands including England
0304-10-25 Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies
0306-07-25 Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (305-306 AD), dies at around 56
0307-11-11 Severus II [Flavius Valerius Severus], Emperor of Rome (306-07), dies at an unknown age [approximate date]
0311-05-05 Galerius, Emperor of Rome (305-311) ended persecution of Christianity in the East, dies of disease

Diocletian

0311-12-03 Diocletian, Roman Emperor (284-305), dies at 66

Maxentius

0312-10-28 Maxentius, Roman emperor (306-312), drowns at the Battle of Milvian Bridge at 34

0313-04-30 Galerius Valerius Maximinus [Daia], Emperor of Rome (310-313), commits suicide after a military defeat
0314-01-10 Pope St. Miltiades, Bishop of Rome (311-314)
0336-10-07 Pope Saint Mark, bishop of Rome (336), dies of natural causes

Constantine the Great

0337-05-22 Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome (306-37), dies at 47

0350-06-30 Nepotianus, Roman usurper (ruled Rome for 28 days), killed on orders of rival Magnentius
0353-08-11 Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
0353-08-18 Decentius, Roman usurper against Western Emperor Constantius II
0355-09-07 Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
0363-06-26 Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (361-63)
0364-02-17 Jovian (Flavius Jovianus), Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
0366-05-27 Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
0375-11-17 Valentinian I "The Great", Roman Co-Emperor and Ruler of Western Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54
0383-08-25 Gratian (Flavius Gratianus), Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25
0388-08-28 Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed
0392-05-15 Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
0394-09-06 Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle
0395-01-17 Theodosius I, "the Great", Spanish-born Emperor of Rome, last emperor to rule the east and west empire, dies at 49
0397-11-11 Martinus, (St Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81
0401-12-19 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies
0404-01-01 Telemachus, Roman monk, dies trying to stop a gladitorial fight

Stilicho

0408-08-22 Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), executed at 48

0418-12-26 Saint Zosimus, Roman Pope (417-418), dies
0421-09-02 Flavius Constantine III, Emperor of Western Roman Empire, dies at about 51
0422-09-04 St Boniface I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies
0439-12-31 Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56

Flavius Aetius

0454-09-21 Flavius Aetius, Roman general (Battle of the Catalaunian Plains), assassinated by Valentinian