414

Year 414 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Constans. The denomination 414 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

January 1 - Galla Placidia, half-sister of emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty.
July 4 - Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigns as regent and proclaims herself empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Constantius III, Roman general, begins a military campaign against the Visigoths in Gaul. He blockades the Gallic ports and besieges Marseille.
Priscus Attalus is proclaimed rival emperor by the Visigoths for a second time at Bordeaux, in order to impose their terms on Honorius, who has his residence in Ravenna.

The Southern Liang, a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty, comes to an end.

Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk, returns from India and begins translating Buddhist works into Chinese.
Abdas, bishop of Susa, burns down a Zoroastrian temple; in retaliation, King Yazdegerd I of Persia orders the destruction of churches.