What is 422?
{{Year nav|422}} {{Year in various calendars|422}} The year '''422''' ([[Roman numerals|CDXXII]]) was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius'''. The 422 denomination was used during the [[Middle Ages|Medieval era]], when the [[Anno Domini|Anno domini]] era became the method in Europe for naming years. [[File:Liu Yu (Song Wudi).jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Liu Song|Wu Di]] (420–422)]] == Events == === Roman Empire === * End of the [[Roman–Sassanid War (421–422)|Roman–Sassanid War]]: Emperor [[Theodosius II]] signs a 100-year [[peace treaty]] with [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]] after 2 years of war. Both give freedom of [[religion]] in their territories. * [[March 3]] – Theodosius II issues a law to form [[wikt:provision|provision]]s in peacetime. Theodosius pays an annual [[tribute]] of 350&nbsp;pounds of [[gold]] to the [[Huns]] to buy peace.<ref>{{cite book| last = Kelly| first = Christopher| title = The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome| year = 2010| publisher = W. W. Norton & Company| isbn = 0-393-33849-5| page = 87 }}</ref> * Theodosius II receives a [[statue]] at [[Bakirköy|Hebdomon]]. On its base (fragments are now in the [[Istanbul Archaeology Museums|Istanbul Archaeology Museum]]), writing praises him as “everywhere and forever victorius.” * The walls of [[Rome]]'s Flavian Amphitheater ([[Colosseum]]) crack during an [[earthquake]]. === Europe === * The [[Late Roman army|Roman army]] invade [[Gaul]]. They capture and execute the [[Franks|Frankish]] king [[Theudemeres]] with his family. === Asia === * [[Emperor Shao of Liu Song|Shao Di]], age 16, eldest son of [[Emperor Wu of Liu Song|Wu Di]] succeeds his father as emperor of the [[Liu Song Dynasty]] ([[China]]). === By topic === ==== Art ==== * [[Priest Petrus|Petrus]], bishop of [[Illyria]], starts construction of [[Santa Sabina|Church of Santa Sabina]] (approximate date). ==== Religion ==== * [[September 4]] – [[Pope Bonif