422

The year 422 (CDXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius. The 422 denomination was used during the Medieval era, when the Anno domini era became the method in Europe for naming years.

Emperor Wu Di (420–422)

422 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	422 CDXXII
Ab urbe condita	1175
Assyrian calendar	5172
Balinese saka calendar	343–344
Bengali calendar	−171
Berber calendar	1372
Buddhist calendar	966
Burmese calendar	−216
Byzantine calendar	5930–5931
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3118 or 3058     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3119 or 3059
Coptic calendar	138–139
Discordian calendar	1588
Ethiopian calendar	414–415
Hebrew calendar	4182–4183
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	478–479
- Shaka Samvat	343–344
- Kali Yuga	3522–3523
Holocene calendar	10422
Iranian calendar	200 BP – 199 BP
Islamic calendar	206 BH – 205 BH
Javanese calendar	306–307
Julian calendar	422 CDXXII
Korean calendar	2755
Minguo calendar	1490 before ROC 民前1490年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1046
Seleucid era	733/734 AG
Thai solar calendar	964–965
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 548 or 167 or −605     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Water-Dog) 549 or 168 or −604

Events

Roman Empire

• End of the Roman–Sassanid War: Emperor Theodosius II signs a 100-year peace treaty with Persia after 2 years of war. Both give freedom of religion in their territories.
• March 3 – Theodosius II issues a law to form provisions in peacetime. Theodosius pays an annual tribute of 350 pounds of gold to the Huns to buy peace.^[1]
• Theodosius II receives a statue at Hebdomon. On its base (fragments are now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum), writing praises him as “everywhere and forever victorius.”
• The walls of Rome's Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) crack during an earthquake.

Europe

• The Roman army invade Gaul. They capture and execute the Frankish king Theudemeres with his family.

Asia

• Shao Di, age 16, eldest son of Wu Di succeeds his father as emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (China).

By topic

Art

• Petrus, bishop of Illyria, starts construction of Church of Santa Sabina (approximate date).

Religion

• September 4 – Pope Boniface I dies after a 4-year reign. His time was interrupted for 15 weeks by the faction of the antipope Eulalius. He is succeeded by Celestine I as the 43rd pope.

Births

• Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
• Genevieve, patron saint (approximate date)
• Licinia Eudoxia, Roman empress (d. 462)

Deaths

• Abraham of Cyrrhus, Syrian hermit and bishop
• Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (approximate date)
• June 26 – Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (b. 363)
• September 4 – Pope Boniface I
• Theudemeres, king of the Franks (approximate date)