Years: 446 447 448 449 - 450 - 451 452 453 454

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

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

Events

• August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria.
• Saxons, Angles and Jutes invade Britain (traditional date).

Births

• Thrasamund, king of the Vandals

Deaths

• 28 July - Theodosius II, East Roman Emperor (after falling from his horse while hunting)
• November 27 - Galla Placidia
• Socrates Scholasticus, church historian