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397| 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. | | 397 | Roman Empire [biography] | Bishop Augustine begins his Confessions, an autobiograpy that recounts his intellectual and spiritual development. | | 397 | Africa [political events] | The Moorish prince Gildo revolts against Roman rule in Africa, taking much of North Africa and cutting off the corn supply to Rome. The Roman general Flavius Stilicho concludes a hasty treaty with the Goths in the Balkans and returns to Italy to raise troops against the rebel Moorish prince in Africa. Stilicho supervises the war, and Gildo is defeated. |
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