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Year '''428''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap 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 [[Felix (consul 428)|Felix]] and [[Taurus (consul 428)|Taurus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1181 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 428 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 ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Felix (consul 428)|Flavius Felix]] is elected [[Roman consul|consul]] for the [[Western Roman Empire|Western Empire]] and issues [[consular diptych]]s during his [[politician|political office]].
* [[Flavius Aetius]] gains appointment as master of both services (''[[magister militum|magister militum praesentalis]]''), after gaining victories in [[Gaul]] over [[Visigoths|Visigoth]] and [[Franks|Frankish]] forces.
==== Europe ====
* King [[Gunderic]], age 49, dies after a reign of 21 years, and is succeeded by his half-brother [[Genseric]]. He is styled with the title ''Rex Wandalorum et Alanorum'' ("King of the Vandals and [[Alans]]"). Genseric increases his power and wealth in the residence of the province of [[Hispania Baetica]] (Southern [[Spain]]).
* King [[Vortigern]] invites a number of [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] warriors to aid him in consolidating his position in [[Great Britain|Britain]], according to the [[Historia Brittonum]]. He hires [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxons]] who are probably settled in [[Kent]] as [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] to fight against the [[Picts]] and the [[Scottish people|Scots]] beyond [[Hadrian's Wall]].
* [[Frankish War (428)]]: Commander-in-chief of the Roman army [[Flavius Aetius|Aetius]] put an end to the invasion of [[Chlodio]], king of the [[Salian Franks]] in Northern [[Gaul]].
==== Asia ====
* [[Artaxias IV]], last king of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Greater Armenia]], is deposed by [[Bahram V]]. The [[Arsacid dynasty of Armenia|Arshakuni Dynasty]] ends and the kingdom becomes a province of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]].
=== By topic ===
==== Astronomy ====
* [[October 26]] &ndash; The planet [[Venus]] [[occultation|occults]] the planet [[Jupiter]].
==== Religion ====
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Nestorius]] is made [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]. He preaches a new [[Trinity|doctrine]] that will be called [[Nestorianism]]. It makes a distinction between the divine and human natures of [[Jesus]] but comes under immediate attack from pope [[Pope Celestine I|Celestine I]] and [[Cyril of Alexandria]].
* [[Hydatius]] becomes [[bishop]] of ''Aquae Flaviae'' in [[Gallaecia]] (modern [[Chaves, Portugal|Chaves]]) in [[Portugal]].
* [[John I of Antioch|John]] succeeds [[Theodotus of Antioch|Theodotus]] as [[patriarch of Antioch]], and gives his support to Nestorius.
* [[Euthymius the Great]] builds a [[monastery]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], near the [[Dead Sea]].
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== Births ==
* [[Tuoba Huang]], [[crown prince|prince]] of the [[Xianbei]] state [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[451]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Gunderic]], king of the [[Vandals]] and [[Alans]] (b. [[379]])
* [[Qifu Chipan]], prince of the Xianbei state [[Western Qin]]
* [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]], [[bishop]] and [[Theology|theologian]]
== References ==
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* Giusto Traina: ''428 A.D. An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire''. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-691-15025-3}}.
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