402
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This article is about the year 402. For the number (and other uses), see 402 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 4th century – 5th century – 6th century |
| Decades: | 370s 380s 390s – 400s – 410s 420s 430s |
| Years: | 399 400 401 – 402 – 403 404 405 |
| 402 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 402 CDII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1155 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5152 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1442–-1441 |
| Bengali calendar | -191 |
| Berber calendar | 1352 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 946 |
| Burmese calendar | -236 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5910–5911 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十一月十二日 (3038/3098-11-12) — to —
壬寅年十一月廿一日(3039/3099-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 118–119 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 394–395 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4162–4163 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 458–459 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 324–325 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3503–3504 |
| Holocene calendar | 10402 |
| Iranian calendar | 220 BP – 219 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 227 BH – 226 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 402 CDII |
| Korean calendar | 2735 |
| Minguo calendar | 1510 before ROC 民前1510年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 945 |
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Year 402 (CDII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Arcadius and Honorius (or, less frequently, year 1155 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 402 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- The Visigoths advance on Mediolanum (modern Milan) and laid siege to Asti in Liguria. King Alaric I send enovoys to negotiate a peace, but the Roman government refuses to make deals with "barbarians".
- April 6 – Battle of Pollentia: Stilicho recalls troops from Britain and the Rhine frontier to defend Italy. He decides to attack the Goths on Eastern Sunday and manages to capture Alaric's wife and childern.
- Emperors Arcadius and his younger brother Honorius become Roman consuls.
[edit] Asia
- King Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo (Korea) defeats the forces of Later Yan, seizing some of their border fortresses.
- The Avars, led by Shelun (Chö-louen), having defeated the Gaoju Dingling (Kao-kiu Ting-ling) near Kobbo, establish a nomadic empire that ranges from Mongolia to the Irtysh.
- Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk, makes a pilgrimage to India initiating Sino-Indian relations. Stirred by his faith to Buddhism, he visit the sites of Siddhartha Gautama's life.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Jerome writes "Apologiae contra Rufinum" and "Liber tertius seu ultima responsio adversus scripta Rufini".
- The Pure Land school of Buddhism founds a monastery upon the top of Mount Lushan.
- Porphyry of Gaza orders the destruction of pagan temples in Gaza.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Empress Dowager Ding, mother of Murong Sheng
- Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Roman consul and intellectual
- Sima Yuanxian, regent during the Jin Dynasty (b. 382)
- Tufa Lilugu, prince of the Xianbei state Southern Liang
