AD 442

Year 442 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dioscorus and Eudoxius. The denomination 442 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Valentinian III forms a marriage proposal for his eldest daughter Eudocia and Genseric's son Huneric. He is already married to a Visigoth princess, and Genseric decides to free him of his obligations by accusing her of trying to poison him. He leaves her mutilated - her ears and nose are cut off - and sends her back to her father Theodoric I, in Toulouse.
The Huns, on a military campaign along the Danube and the Great Morava, destroy the city of Naissus. They have mastered siege technology and are able to capture fortified cities. The Roman Senate agrees to pay Attila a tribute of 700 pounds of gold per year.
Africa
End of the Vandal War : Emperor Valentinian III signs a peace treaty with King Genseric, and recognises the Vandal Kingdom. He grants him sovereignty over most of Africa. Genseric gives back Sicily and Mauretania. This marks the end of the Vandal migrations; they settle in North Africa, with Carthage as their capital.
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