408

408 (CDVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 408th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 408th year of the 1st millennium, the 8th year of the 5th century, and the 9th year of the 400s decade. As of the start of 408, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	4th century – 5th century – 6th century
Decades:	370s  380s  390s  – 400s –  410s  420s  430s
Years:	405 406 407 – 408 – 409 410 411

408 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	408 CDVIII
Ab urbe condita	1161
Assyrian calendar	5158
Balinese saka calendar	329–330
Bengali calendar	−185
Berber calendar	1358
Buddhist calendar	952
Burmese calendar	−230
Byzantine calendar	5916–5917
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3104 or 3044     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3105 or 3045
Coptic calendar	124–125
Discordian calendar	1574
Ethiopian calendar	400–401
Hebrew calendar	4168–4169
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	464–465
- Shaka Samvat	329–330
- Kali Yuga	3508–3509
Holocene calendar	10408
Iranian calendar	214 BP – 213 BP
Islamic calendar	221 BH – 220 BH
Javanese calendar	291–292
Julian calendar	408 CDVIII
Korean calendar	2741
Minguo calendar	1504 before ROC 民前1504年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1060
Seleucid era	719/720 AG
Thai solar calendar	950–951
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 534 or 153 or −619     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 535 or 154 or −618

Events

• In the summer of this year, the usurper Constantine III captures Spain, destroying the loyalist forces defending it.
• September – Alaric, king of the Visigoths, lays siege to Rome.