Vandals besiege Hippo
430 · Event
Gaiseric's Vandals, sweeping across Roman Africa, besiege Hippo Regius; Augustine dies in the third month of the siege.
On these timelines: North Africa, Roman History, Master, Christianity, Major Religions
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Around 430
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
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- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
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- Augustine of Hippo (354)