429

Events

• Vandals under Geiseric cross from Spain into Roman Africa
• Pope Celestine I dispatches bishops Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes to Britain to combat Pelagian heresy.
• Theodosius II starts the reform of Roman law
• St. Hilary becomes bishop of Arles.
• Domnus II, future Patriarch of Antioch, is ordained as a deacon.
• The East Roman Emperor Theodosius II orders all funds raised by Jews to support schools be turned over to his treasury.

Births

Deaths

Pericles, Athenian statesman and leader of the popular party (died of the plague).