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447 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	447 CDXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1200
Assyrian calendar	5197
Balinese saka calendar	368–369
Bengali calendar	−147 – −146
Berber calendar	1397
Buddhist calendar	991
Burmese calendar	−191
Byzantine calendar	5955–5956
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3144 or 2937 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3145 or 2938
Coptic calendar	163–164
Discordian calendar	1613
Ethiopian calendar	439–440
Hebrew calendar	4207–4208
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	503–504
-Shaka Samvat	368–369
-Kali Yuga	3547–3548
Holocene calendar	10447
Iranian calendar	175 BP – 174 BP
Islamic calendar	180 BH – 179 BH
Javanese calendar	331–333
Julian calendar	447 CDXLVII
Korean calendar	2780
Minguo calendar	1465 beforeROC 民前1465年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1021
Seleucid era	758/759AG
Thai solar calendar	989–990
Tibetan calendar	阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 573 or 192 or −580 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 574 or 193 or −579

Priscus of Panium (left) with the Romanembassy at the court ofAttila the Hun

Year447 (CDXLVII) was acommon year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as theYear of the Consulship of Calepius andArdabur (or, less frequently,year 1200Ab urbe condita). The denomination 447 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

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Byzantium

November 6 – TheWalls of Constantinople are severely damaged by an earthquake, which destroys large parts of the structure, including 57towers. The population is threatened by a plague. EmperorTheodosius II ordersConstantine,praetorian prefect of the East, to supervise the repairs. He employs the city'sdemoi ("Circus factions") in the work, and rebuilds the walls within 60 days.
TheHuns, led byAttila, cross theDanube, and invade theBalkans as far asThermopylae (Greece). During the invasion,Serdica (modernSofia) is destroyed. For disobeying the terms of the treaty made in442, Attila triples his demand fortribute to 2,100 pounds (ca. 700 kg) ofgold per year; and theransom for each Roman prisoner to 12solidi.
Theodosius II sends anembassy to Attila;Priscus of Panium, envoy for theEastern Roman Empire. Priscus records one of the few eyewitness accounts of the Hun kingdom.
Battle of the Utus: Attila defeats theRoman army near the riverUtus (Vit, Bulgaria). The Huns are forced to abandon the siege ofConstantinople. They march north and plunder the defenseless Balkan provinces (includingThrace,Scythia,Moesia,Dacia andIllyricum).
Winter – Theodosius II chooses a policy to protect Constantinople against the Huns. He removesAspar andAreobindus (magister militum) from their military commands.^[1]

Europe

Vortigern,king of the Britons, receives theSaxon leadersHengist and Horsa "as friends" and grants the brothers theIsle of Thanet, most easterly point ofKent (England).

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Arts and Sciences

The first entry in theAnnales Cambriæ refers to this year.

Religion

Germanus,bishop of Auxerre, makes his second visit toBritain. He spiritually combats the revivedPelagian threat and expels theIrish fromPowys (Wales).
TheSynod of Toledo (Spain) tries to add thefilioque clause to theNicene Creed. TheEastern Orthodox Church refuses to go along with this idea.

Births

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Deaths

Areobindus, Roman general (magister militum)
Juqu Mujian, prince of the Chinese stateNorthern Liang
Secundinus (or Seachnaill),patron saint

References

^The End of Empire (p. 144). Christopher Kelly, 2009.ISBN 978-0-393-33849-2

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