408
year
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 |
| 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
change- 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.