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408| 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. | | 400–500 | India [chess] | Shaturanga (or chaturanga), ‘the army game’, an ancestor of chess through the Persian game of shatranj (or chatrang), evolves in the Indus Valley on the Indian subcontinent. | | 408 | Western Roman Empire, Italy [political events] | In Rome, the chancellor Olympius, jealous of the general Stilicho and believing him to be at heart pro-German, persuades the emperor Honorius to have him assassinated, together with many of Stilicho's Vandal soldiers. Alaric seizes his opportunity and uses the pretext of an unpaid bribe (promised him by Stilicho in 402) to invade Italy once again. Following Stilicho's death, Roman troops are allowed to rob and murder the families of Teutonic troops in Italy, causing many to desert to the Visigoth king Alaric. |
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