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383| 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | 383 | Western Roman Empire [political events] | When the Western Roman emperor Gratian becomes a weak and inefficient ruler, Magnus Maximus, the Spanish commander left behind in Britain by the Roman soldier Theodosius the elder, claims the throne of the Western Empire. He defeats Gratian near Paris, Gaul, and becomes master of Gaul and Spain. Gratian flees and is subsequently killed by his own troops, leaving his half-brother Valentinian II to succeeds him as the rightful emperor of the West. Magnus Maximus crosses from Britain to Gaul in a bid to make himself Roman emperor. He withdraws many of the troops from Britain, with the result that Hadrian's Wall, the northern Roman frontier in Britain, is overrun and falls into ruin. |
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