# 422

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This article is about the year 422.  For the steam locomotive, see [4-2-2](/source/4-2-2). For the chroma subsampling, see [4:2:2](/source/4%3A2%3A2).

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 4th century 5th century 6th century Decades 400s 410s 420s 430s 440s Years 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 v t e

422 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e

422 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 422 CDXXII Ab urbe condita 1175 Assyrian calendar 5172 Balinese saka calendar 343–344 Bengali calendar −172 – −171 Berber calendar 1372 Buddhist calendar 966 Burmese calendar −216 Byzantine calendar 5930–5931 Chinese calendar 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3119 or 2912 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3120 or 2913 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

[Emperor Wu of Liu Song](/source/Emperor_Wu_of_Liu_Song) (420–422)

Year **422** (**[CDXXII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Sunday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Honorius](/source/Honorius_(emperor)) and [Theodosius](/source/Theodosius_II)** (or, less frequently, **year 1175 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 422 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- End of the [Roman–Sassanid War](/source/Roman%E2%80%93Sassanid_War_(421%E2%80%93422)): Emperor [Theodosius II](/source/Theodosius_II) signs a 100-year [peace treaty](/source/Peace_treaty) with [Persia](/source/Sassanid_Empire) after 2 years of war. He agrees to a *[status quo ante bellum](/source/Status_quo_ante_bellum)* ("the state in which things were before the war"), and both parties guarantee liberty of [religion](/source/Religion) in their territories.

- [March 3](/source/March_3) – Theodosius II issues a law to form [provisions](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provision) in peacetime. He instructs [landowners](/source/Land_tenure) leasing [towers](/source/Tower) in the [Theodosian Walls](/source/Walls_of_Constantinople) to assist with the build-up of emergency goods. Theodosius pays an annual [tribute](/source/Tribute) of 350 pounds of [gold](/source/Gold) to the [Huns](/source/Huns) in order to buy peace.[1]

- Theodosius II receives a [statue](/source/Statue) at [Hebdomon](/source/Bak%C4%B1rk%C3%B6y), military parade ground on the shores of the [Propontis](/source/Sea_of_Marmara), just outside [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople). On its base (fragments are now in the [Istanbul Archaeology Museum](/source/Istanbul_Archaeology_Museums)), an inscription praises him as “everywhere and forever victorious.”

- The walls of [Rome](/source/Rome)'s Flavian Amphitheater ([Colosseum](/source/Colosseum)) crack during an [earthquake](/source/Earthquake).[2]

- [Vandal war](/source/Vandal_war_of_422): The Roman commander-in-chief [Castinus](/source/Flavius_Castinus) leads a defeat against the Vandals at [Baetica](/source/Hispania_Baetica).

#### Europe

- The [Roman army](/source/Late_Roman_army) invades [Gaul](/source/Gaul); they capture and execute the [Frankish](/source/Franks) king [Theudemeres](/source/Theudemeres) with his family.[3]

#### Asia

- [Shao Di](/source/Emperor_Shao_of_Liu_Song), age 16, eldest son of [Wu Di](/source/Emperor_Wu_of_Liu_Song), succeeds his father as emperor of the [Liu Song dynasty](/source/Liu_Song_dynasty) ([China](/source/China)).

### By topic

#### Art

- [Petrus](/source/Priest_Petrus), bishop of [Illyria](/source/Illyria), starts construction of the [Church of Santa Sabina](/source/Santa_Sabina) (approximate date).

#### Religion

- [September 4](/source/September_4) – [Pope Boniface I](/source/Pope_Boniface_I) dies after a 4-year reign that was interrupted for 15 weeks, by the faction of the antipope [Eulalius](/source/Antipope_Eulalius). He is succeeded by [Celestine I](/source/Pope_Celestine_I) as the 43rd [pope](/source/Pope).

- Approximate date – A monastic community is established at the [Maijishan Grottoes](/source/Maijishan_Grottoes).[4]

## Births

- [August 8](/source/August_8) – [Casper](/source/Casper_(Maya_ruler)), ruler of the [Maya](/source/Maya_civilization) city of [Palenque](/source/Palenque)

- [Genevieve](/source/Genevieve), [patron saint](/source/Patron_saint) of Paris (approximate date)

- [Licinia Eudoxia](/source/Licinia_Eudoxia), [Roman empress](/source/List_of_Roman_and_Byzantine_Empresses) (d. [493](/source/493))

## Deaths

- [June 26](/source/June_26) – [Wu Di](/source/Emperor_Wu_of_Liu_Song), emperor of the [Liu Song dynasty](/source/Liu_Song_dynasty) (b. [363](/source/363))

- [September 4](/source/September_4) – [Pope Boniface I](/source/Pope_Boniface_I)

- [Abraham of Cyrrhus](/source/Abraham_of_Cyrrhus), Syrian [hermit](/source/Hermit) and [bishop](/source/Bishop)

- [Fa-Hien](/source/Faxian), Chinese [Buddhist](/source/Chinese_Buddhism) [monk](/source/Monk) and traveler (approximate date)

- [Theudemeres](/source/Theudemeres), king of the [Franks](/source/Franks) (approximate date)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** The End of Empire (p. 87). Christopher Kelly, 2009. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-393-33849-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-33849-2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Colosseum"](https://www.worldhistory.org/Colosseum/). *[World History Encyclopedia](/source/World_History_Encyclopedia)*. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** MacDowall, Simon (2018). *The Franks*. London: Grub Street Publishers. p. 19. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4738-8960-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4738-8960-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[Memoirs of Eminent Monks](/source/Memoirs_of_Eminent_Monks)*.

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