456

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

5 October - Theodoric II of the Visigoths, in the name of the emperor Avitus, defeats the Sueves on the river Urbicus near Astorga in Gallaecia; this shatters the power of the Sueves.
The Emperor Marcian quells disturbances on the Armenian frontier.
Capua is destroyed by the Vandals.
Ricimer beats the Vandals in a sea battle near Corsica.
17 October - The magistri militum Ricimer and Majorian defeat the emperor Avitus and compel him to renounce the purple and become Bishop of Placentia. Ricimer becomes de facto (and Majorian on 1 April 457 de jure) ruler of the western Roman empire

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