Calendar year
KingYazdegerd II (438–457)Year441 (CDXLI) was acommon year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship ofSeleucus without colleague (or, less frequently,year 1194Ab urbe condita). The denomination 441 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
- Chrysaphius, chief minister, persuades EmperorTheodosius II atConstantinople to dismiss his sisterPulcheria, for her policy of exiling theJews, and destroying theirsynagogues.[1]
- Theodosius II sends the Eastern imperial fleet, under the command of the Romano-GothAreobindus, intoSicilian waters, taking theVandals by surprise.
- Pulcheria leaves for the seaportHebdomon (Turkey), and becomes anun to supportNestorianism in theHoly Land (Palestine).
- TheHuns, led byAttila, attackConstanţa (modernRomania), one of the few remaining Romanforts on the northern bank of theDanube, and designated as a securetrading post. On a crowdedmarket day, the Huns take the town by surprise and slaughter thegarrison.[2]
