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Find sources: "452" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 4th century 5th century 6th century Decades 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s Years 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 v t e 452 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e 452 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 452 CDLII Ab urbe condita 1205 Assyrian calendar 5202 Balinese saka calendar 373–374 Bengali calendar −142 – −141 Berber calendar 1402 Buddhist calendar 996 Burmese calendar −186 Byzantine calendar 5960–5961 Chinese calendar 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3149 or 2942 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3150 or 2943 Coptic calendar 168–169 Discordian calendar 1618 Ethiopian calendar 444–445 Hebrew calendar 4212–4213 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 508–509 - Shaka Samvat 373–374 - Kali Yuga 3552–3553 Holocene calendar 10452 Iranian calendar 170 BP – 169 BP Islamic calendar 175 BH – 174 BH Javanese calendar 337–338 Julian calendar 452 CDLII Korean calendar 2785 Minguo calendar 1460 before ROC 民前1460年 Nanakshahi calendar −1016 Seleucid era 763/764 AG Thai solar calendar 994–995 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 578 or 197 or −575 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Water-Dragon) 579 or 198 or −574 Meeting between pope [Leo I](/source/Pope_Leo_I) and [Attila](/source/Attila), by [Raphael](/source/Raphael) Year **452** (**[CDLII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Tuesday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Herculanus](/source/Bassus_Herculanus) and [Sporacius](/source/Sporacius)**[1] (or, less frequently, **year 1205 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 452 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 - The [Huns](/source/Huns) under [Attila](/source/Attila) invade [Northern Italy](/source/Northern_Italy). Emperor [Valentinian III](/source/Valentinian_III) flees from [Ravenna](/source/Ravenna) to [Rome](/source/Rome), and sends [Pope Leo I](/source/Pope_Leo_I) to persuade Attila to return to the [Hungarian Plain](/source/Great_Hungarian_Plain). The cities of [Aquileia](/source/Aquileia), [Padua](/source/Padua) and [Verona](/source/Verona) are destroyed by the Huns. [Milan](/source/Milan) is saved because Attila is offered a huge amount of gold. [Flavius Aetius](/source/Flavius_Aetius) (*[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)*) is unable to raise a new army against him. - [Rome](/source/Rome) is threatened by Attila but not attacked, due to a last-minute effort by Leo I. Threatened by news of reinforcements from the [Eastern Roman Empire](/source/Eastern_Roman_Empire) and the [plague](/source/Plague_(disease)) breaking out among the Huns, Attila is persuaded to withdraw. - The city of [Venice](/source/Venice) is founded by [fugitives](/source/Fugitive) from Attila's army who flee to small islands in the [Venetian Lagoon](/source/Venetian_Lagoon). #### China - [Nan'an Yinwang](/source/Tuoba_Yu) succeeds his father [Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei](/source/Emperor_Taiwu_of_Northern_Wei), after he is [assassinated](/source/Assassination) by the [eunuch](/source/Eunuch) [Zong Ai](/source/Zong_Ai). Later this year, Yinwang is murdered as well, and Ai is overthrown by a group of high officials. [Wencheng Di](/source/Emperor_Wencheng_of_Northern_Wei), age 12, becomes the new emperor of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei). ### By topic #### Arts and Sciences - Last known usage of [Demotic script](/source/Demotic_Egyptian_script) in [Egypt](/source/Egypt). ## Births - [Gundobad](/source/Gundobad), king of the [Burgundians](/source/Burgundians) (approximate date) - [John the Silent](/source/John_the_Silent), [bishop](/source/Bishop) and [Saint](/source/Saint) (died [558](/source/558)) - [Qi Mingdi](/source/Emperor_Ming_of_Southern_Qi), emperor of [Southern Qi](/source/Southern_Qi) (d. [498](/source/498)) - [Wang Jian](/source/Wang_Jian_(Southern_Qi)), official of [Liu Song](/source/Liu_Song_dynasty) and Southern Qi (d. [489](/source/489)) ## Deaths - [March 11](/source/March_11) – [Tai Wu Di](/source/Emperor_Taiwu_of_Northern_Wei), emperor of [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei) (b. [408](/source/408)) - [Drest I](/source/Drest_I_of_the_Picts), king of the [Picts](/source/Picts) (approximate date) - [Nan'an Yinwang](/source/Tuoba_Yu), emperor of Northern Wei - [Yujiulü](/source/Empress_Gong_(Northern_Wei)), consort and wife of [Tuoba Huang](/source/Tuoba_Huang) - [Zong Ai](/source/Zong_Ai), [eunuch](/source/Eunuch) and high official ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ross, Kelly L. ["Consuls of the Roman Empire"](https://friesian.com/romconsl.htm). *fresian.com*. Retrieved March 9, 2026. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [452](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/452) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/452?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.