== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
* March – [[Hypatia]] of Alexandria, female [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonist]] philosopher, murdered in Egypt
* March – [[Hypatia]] of Alexandria, female [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonist]] philosopher, murdered in Egypt
* [[August 15]] – [[Athaulf]], king of the [[Visigoths]], assassinated
* [[August 15]] – [[Athaulf]], king of the [[Visigoths]], assassinated
* [[August 22]] – [[Sigeric]], king of the Visigoths, assassinated
* [[August 22]] – [[Sigeric]], king of the Visigoths, assassinated
* [[Chandragupta II]], emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]] ([[India]])
* [[Chandragupta II]], emperor of the [[Gupta Empire]] ([[India]])
* [[Thermantia]], Roman empress<ref>”[[Chronicon Paschale]]”, s.a. 415. Translated by Michael and Mary Whitby, ”Chronicon Paschale, 284-628 AD” (Liverpool: University Press, 1989), p. 63 {{ISBN|9780853230960}}</ref>
* [[Thermantia]], Roman empress<ref>”[[Chronicon Paschale]]”, s.a. 415. Translated by Michael and Mary Whitby, ”Chronicon Paschale, 284-628 AD” (Liverpool: University Press, 1989), p. 63 {{ISBN|9780853230960}}</ref>
* [[Tufa Rutan]], Chinese prince of the [[Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)|Southern Liang]] (b. [[AD 365|365]])
* [[Tufa Rutan]], Chinese prince of the [[Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)|Southern Liang]] (b. [[AD 365|365]])
== References ==
== References ==
Calendar year
Year 415 (CDXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius (or, less frequently, year 1168 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 415 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.
- Constantius, Roman general (magister militum), drives the Visigoths out of Gaul. He captures the usurper Priscus Attalus, and sends him under military escort to Ravenna.[1]
- The Visigoths invade the Iberian Peninsula and begin to conquer territory taken previously by the Vandals. King Athaulf and his pregnant wife Galla Placidia leave Gallia Narbonensis; they relocate at Barcelona. Their infant son, Theodosius, dies in infancy, eliminating an opportunity for a Roman-Visigothic line. Athaulf is assassinated in the palace while taking a bath. Sigeric succeeds him, but after a reign of seven days he is also murdered.[2]
- Autumn – Wallia, brother of Athaulf, becomes king of the Visigoths. He accepts a peace treaty with emperor Honorius, in return for a supply of 600,000 measures of grain. After the negotiations he sends Placidia to Rome with hostages.[3]
- March – Hypatia of Alexandria, female Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician, murdered in Egypt
- August 15 – Athaulf, king of the Visigoths, assassinated
- August 22 – Sigeric, king of the Visigoths, assassinated
- Chandragupta II, emperor of the Gupta Empire (India) (probable date)
- Thermantia, Roman empress consort[5]
- Tufa Rutan, deposed Chinese prince of the Southern Liang, poisoned (b. 365)
- ^ Stewart Irvin Oost, Galla Placidia Augusta: A Biographical Essay (Chicago: University Press, 1968), p. 132
- ^ Oost, Galla Placidia Augusta, pp. 133-135
- ^ Oost, Galla Placidia Augusta, pp. 136-139
- ^ Dunn, Geoffrey (2015). “Cassian in Syria?: The Evidence of Innocent I”. Vigiliae Christianae. 69 (1): 3–17. doi:10.1163/15700720-12341224. hdl:2263/44105. ISSN 0042-6032.
- ^ Chronicon Paschale, s.a. 415. Translated by Michael and Mary Whitby, Chronicon Paschale, 284-628 AD (Liverpool: University Press, 1989), p. 63 ISBN 9780853230960
