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392| 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. | | 390–392 | Thrace, Roman Empire [wars] | The Visigoths and Huns invade Thrace, led by Alaric, a Visigoth prince. Command of the Roman defensive campaign goes to Flavius Stilicho, a commander of Vandal origin, who defeats the invaders. The Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius I the Great permits them to go free on condition they provide military services to the Empire. | | 392 | Gaul [political events] | The Western Roman emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against a Frankish usurper, Arbogast, after being sent to restore order in Gaul by the Eastern emperor Theodosius I the Great. Arbogast appoints a weakling, Eugenius, as emperor of the West, and is thus the first of the Germanic kingmakers of the Roman Empire. |
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