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- 441 : The Huns penetrate the Balkan Peninsula under the leadership of Attila .
- 442 : In a contract with the Vandal King Geiseric recognized the Western Roman Empire under Valentinian III. his empire as the first sovereign state on what had previously been Roman soil.
- 444 : St. Patrick begins the Christianization of Ireland ; Foundation of Armagh .
- around 447 : According to tradition, the British ruler Vortigern summons Saxon warriors under Hengest and Horsa from mainland Europe to East Great Britain to support him against the Picts . The Anglo-Saxons subsequently rebelled against the British and established their own kingdoms.
- August 3, 449 : Opening of the church assembly in Ephesus, designated by Leo I as the “synod of robbers” ( latrocinium ) : Second Council of Ephesus . The Roman representative of Leo was refused the presidency. The Patriarchs of Constantinople and Antioch on the Orontes , Flavian and Domnus II, are declared deposed by the head of the council, Patriarch Dioscur of Alexandria . Dioskur wants to enforce the Monophysite doctrine of Eutyches with the help of armed fighters .
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