405

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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 4th century
* 5th century
* 6th century

Decades:  |

* 380s
* 390s
* 400s
* 410s
* 420s

Years:  |

* 402
* 403
* 404
* 405
* 406
* 407
* 408

405 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths
* Establishments

405 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 405
CDV

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Ab urbe condita| 1158
Assyrian calendar| 5155
Balinese saka calendar| 326–327
Bengali calendar| −188
Berber calendar| 1355
Buddhist calendar| 949
Burmese calendar| −233
Byzantine calendar| 5913–5914
Chinese calendar| 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
3102 or 2895
— to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
3103 or 2896
Coptic calendar| 121–122
Discordian calendar| 1571
Ethiopian calendar| 397–398
Hebrew calendar| 4165–4166
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 461–462
\- Shaka Samvat| 326–327
\- Kali Yuga| 3505–3506
Holocene calendar| 10405
Iranian calendar| 217 BP – 216 BP
Islamic calendar| 224 BH – 223 BH
Javanese calendar| 288–289
Julian calendar| 405
CDV
Korean calendar| 2738
Minguo calendar| 1507 before ROC
民前1507年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1063
Seleucid era| 716/717 AG
Thai solar calendar| 947–948
Tibetan calendar| 阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
531 or 150 or −622
— to —
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
532 or 151 or −621
The Colosseum in Rome

Year 405 (CDV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Anthemius (or, less frequently, year 1158 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 405 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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### By place

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#### Roman Empire

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* Emperor Honorius closes the Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum), in an austerity move that abolishes amusements.[citation needed]
* Stilicho, Roman general (magister militum), orders the Sibylline Books to be burned, according to the Roman poet Rutilius Claudius Namatianus.
* Stilicho crushes a coalition of Asding Vandals, Ostrogoths and Quadi with an army raised from forces of the Rhine frontier, leaving this sector dangerously weakened.[citation needed]
* War of Radagaisus: King Radagaisus leads an invasion with a force of 20,000 men and crosses the Alps. He spends the winter in the Po Valley and is observed by Stilicho, who lacks sufficient strength to prepare an offensive against the invading German tribes. The exact numbers of the migration are unknown, probably nearly 100,000, including Alans, Burgundians, Goths, Vandals, and other smaller tribes.
* Flavius Aetius is sent as a child hostage at the court of Alaric I, king of the Visigoths.[citation needed]

#### Asia

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* The Khitan are first mentioned in Chinese chronicles. They wander along the boundaries of Kara-muren, and form part of the Donghu (Tong-hou) confederation.
* Jeonji becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.[1]

### By topic

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#### Arts and Sciences

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* The Armenian alphabet is devised by Mesrop Mashtots.
* The Japanese court officially adopts the Chinese writing system (approximate date).
* Theon of Alexandria, Greek mathematician, dies at age 70 (approximate), having been helped in his work by his daughter Hypatia.

#### Religion

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* Jerome's Vulgate translation of the Bible into Latin is completed by his translations of the Tanakh from the Hebrew language.
* In the Roman province of Africa, Augustine of Hippo opposes Donatism as a heresy.

## Births

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* Ricimer, de facto ruler of the Western Roman Empire (approximate date)
* Salvian, Christian writer (approximate date)
* Yuan Qigui, empress and wife of Wen of Liu Song (d. 440)[2]

## Deaths

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* June 26 - Saint Vigilius, bishop of Trent (b. 353)
* November 11 - Arsacius of Tarsus, archbishop of Constantinople
* Moses the Black, Christian monk and priest (b. 330)
* Murong De, emperor of the Xianbei state Southern Yan (b. 336)
* Richu, emperor of Japan (approximate date)
* Theon of Alexandria, last director of the Library of Alexandria (approximate date)

## References

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1. ^ "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
2. ^ Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (March 26, 2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E. Routledge. p. 377\. ISBN 978-1-317-47591-0.