January 9 – Emperor Arcadius gives his wife Aelia Eudoxia the official title of Augusta. She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency. Anthemius, praetorian prefect of the East, is sent on an embassy to the Persian capital, Ctesiphon, to congratulate King Yazdegerd I on his accession the year before. A riot breaks out in Constantinople; the Great Palace is burned to the ground. Gainas, a Gothic leader, attempts to evacuate his soldiers out of the city, but 7,000 armed Goths are trapped and killed by order of Arcadius. After the massacre, Gainas tries to escape across the Hellespont, but his rag-tag ad hoc fleet is destroyed by Fravitta, a Gothic chieftain in imperial service. Winter – Gainas leads the remaining Goths back to their homeland across the Danube. They meet the Huns and are defeated; the Hunnic chieftain Uldin sends the head of Gainas to Constantinople, where Arcadius receives it as a diplomatic gift.
January 9 – Emperor Arcadius gives his wife Aelia Eudoxia the official title of Augusta She is able to wear the purple paludamentum and is depicted in Roman currency Anthemius praetorian prefect of the East is sent on an embassy to the Persian capital Ctesiphon to congratulate King Yazdegerd I on his accession the year before A riot breaks out in Constantinople; the Great Palace is burned to the ground Gainas a Gothic leader attempts to evacuate his soldiers out of the city but 7000 armed Goths are trapped and killed by order of Arcadius After the massacre Gainas tries to escape across the Hellespont but his rag-tag ad hoc fleet is destroyed by Fravitta a Gothic chieftain in imperial service Winter – Gainas leads the remaining Goths back to their homeland across the Danube They meet the Huns and are defeated; the Hunnic chieftain Uldin sends the head of Gainas to Constantinople where Arcadius receives it as a diplomatic gift