456

This article is about the year. For other uses, see 456 (disambiguation).

Centuries:	4th century · 5th century · 6th century
Decades:	420s 430s 440s 450s 460s 470s 480s
Years:	453 454 455 456 457 458 459

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Events

Capua is destroyed by the Vandals.
Ricimer beats the Vandals in a sea battle near Corsica.
5 October — Theodoric II of the Visigoths, in the name of the emperor Avitus, defeats the Sueves on the river Urbicus near Astorga in Gallaecia; this shatters the power of the Sueves.
17 October — The magistri militum Ricimer and Majorian defeat the emperor Avitus, and compel him to renounce the purple and become Bishop of Placentia. Ricimer becomes de facto ruler of the Western Roman Empire.

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