Years: 452 453 454 455 - 456 - 457 458 459 460

Decades: 420s 430s 440s - 450s - 460s 470s 480s

Centuries: 4th century - 5th century - 6th century

Events

• Emperor Marcian quells disturbances on the Armenian frontier.
• Capua is destroyed by the Vandals.
• Ricimer beats the Vandals in a sea battle near Corsica.
• Ricimer defeats emperor Avitus and becomes de facto ruler of the western Roman empire

Births

Deaths

• Eutyches, theologian