# 449

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This article is about the year 449.  For the number, see [449 (number)](/source/449_(number)).

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 4th century 5th century 6th century Decades 420s 430s 440s 450s 460s Years 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 v t e

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

449 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 449 CDXLIX Ab urbe condita 1202 Assyrian calendar 5199 Balinese saka calendar 370–371 Bengali calendar −145 – −144 Berber calendar 1399 Buddhist calendar 993 Burmese calendar −189 Byzantine calendar 5957–5958 Chinese calendar 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3146 or 2939 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3147 or 2940 Coptic calendar 165–166 Discordian calendar 1615 Ethiopian calendar 441–442 Hebrew calendar 4209–4210 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 505–506 - Shaka Samvat 370–371 - Kali Yuga 3549–3550 Holocene calendar 10449 Iranian calendar 173 BP – 172 BP Islamic calendar 178 BH – 177 BH Javanese calendar 334–335 Julian calendar 449 CDXLIX Korean calendar 2782 Minguo calendar 1463 before ROC 民前1463年 Nanakshahi calendar −1019 Seleucid era 760/761 AG Thai solar calendar 991–992 Tibetan calendar ས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Rat) 575 or 194 or −578 — to — ས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Earth-Ox) 576 or 195 or −577

Year **449** (**[CDXLIX](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Saturday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Saturday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Astyrius](/source/Astyrius) and [Romanus](/source/Florentius_Romanus_Protogenes)** (or, less frequently, **year 1202 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 449 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

#### Europe

- Emperor [Valentinian III](/source/Valentinian_III) sends an [emissary](/source/Diplomatic_mission) to [Attila the Hun](/source/Attila). The purpose of the meeting is a long-running dispute over [spoils of war](/source/War_loot) during the [Danube](/source/Danube) offensive (441–442). Attila claims his lost property, but Valentinian and [Flavius Aetius](/source/Flavius_Aetius) (*[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)*) refuse this request.[1]

- [Flavius Orestes](/source/Orestes_(father_of_Romulus_Augustulus)), Roman [aristocrat](/source/Aristocracy_(class)), is sent to Attila's court and becomes a high-ranking secretary (*[notarius](/source/Notarius)*). He is the father of the future emperor [Romulus Augustulus](/source/Romulus_Augustulus).

- Traditional date – [Hengist and Horsa](/source/Hengist_and_Horsa), by tradition chieftains of the [Jutes](/source/Jutes), land at [Isle of Thanet](/source/Isle_of_Thanet), according to the *[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)* at the invitation of [Vortigern](/source/Vortigern).[2] The [Britons](/source/Britons) form a [military alliance](/source/Military_alliance) with them against the [Picts](/source/Picts) and [Scoti](/source/Scoti). [Bede](/source/Bede) considers this the beginning of the [Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain](/source/Anglo-Saxon_settlement_of_Britain).[3]

### By topic

#### Religion

- [August 3](/source/August_3) – The [Second Council of Ephesus](/source/Second_Council_of_Ephesus) opens, chaired by [Dioscorus](/source/Dioscorus_of_Alexandria), [patriarch of Alexandria](/source/Patriarch_of_Alexandria). [Flavian](/source/Flavian_of_Constantinople), [patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople), and [Domnus II](/source/Domnus_II), [patriarch of Antioch](/source/Patriarch_of_Antioch), are deposed on [August 8](/source/August_8).

- [October](/source/October) – A Roman [synod](/source/Synod) repudiates all the decisions of the Second Council of [Ephesus](/source/Ephesus).

- [Anatolius](/source/Anatolius_of_Constantinople) becomes patriarch of [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople).

- [Maximus II](/source/Maximus_II_of_Antioch) becomes patriarch of [Antioch](/source/Antioch).

## Births

- [February 25](/source/February_25) – [Liu Ziye](/source/Liu_Ziye), emperor of the [Liu Song dynasty](/source/Liu_Song_dynasty) (d. [466](/source/466))

- [Eugendus](/source/Eugendus), [abbot](/source/Abbot) of [Condat Abbey](/source/Condat_Abbey) (approximate date)

- [Kavadh I](/source/Kavadh_I), king of the [Persian Empire](/source/Sassanid_Empire) (d. [531](/source/531))

## Deaths

- [August 11](/source/August_11) – [Flavian](/source/Flavian_of_Constantinople), [patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople)

- [Eucherius](/source/Eucherius_of_Lyon), [bishop of Lyon](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lyon) (approximate date)

- [Hilary](/source/Hilary_of_Arles), [bishop of Arles](/source/Ancient_Diocese_of_Arles) (b. [403](/source/403))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Christopher Kelly, *The End of Empire*, 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)** *[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle](/source/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle)*, s.a. 449

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bede, *Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum*, I.15. [Frank Stenton](/source/Frank_Stenton), *Anglo-Saxon England*, third edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971), p. 16 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0198217161](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0198217161)

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