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Year '''442''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CDXLII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Dioscorus and Eudoxius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1195 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 442 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Valentinian III forms a [[marriage]] proposal for his eldest daughter [[Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)|Eudocia]] and Genseric's son [[Huneric]]. He is already married to a Visigoth princess, and Genseric decides to free him of his obligations by accusing her of trying to [[poison]] him. He leaves her mutilated - her ears and nose are cut off - and sends her back to her father [[Theodoric I]], in [[Toulouse]] ([[Gaul]]).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
* The [[Huns]], on a military campaign along the [[Danube]] and the [[Great Morava]], destroy the city of [[Niš|Naissus]] (modern [[Serbia]]). They have mastered [[siege]] technology and are able to capture fortified cities. The [[Roman Senate]] agrees to pay [[Attila the Hun|Attila]] a [[tribute]] of 700 pounds of [[gold]] per year.

==== Africa ====
* End of the [[Vandal War (439-442)]]: Emperor [[Valentinian III]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with King [[Genseric]], and recognises the [[Vandals|Vandal Kingdom]]. He grants him sovereignty over most of [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]]. Genseric gives back [[Sicily]] and [[Mauretania]] ([[Algeria]] and [[Morocco]]). This marks the end of the Vandal [[Migration Period|migration]]s; they settle in [[North Africa]], with [[Carthage]] as their capital.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* The [[White Monastery|Monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite]] (White Monastery) near [[Sohag]] ([[Egypt]]) is built.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stshenouda.org/the-monastery-of-st-shenouda-the-archimandrite |title=The Monastery of St. Shenouda The Archimandrite - Coptic Society |website=StShenouda.org}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Empress Feng (Wencheng)|Feng]], Chinese empress and [[regent]] of the [[Northern Wei|Northern Wei dynasty]] (d. [[490]])<ref>''[[Book of Wei]]'', [[:zh:s:魏書/卷13|vol. 13]].</ref>
* [[Isidore of Miletus]], Byzantine [[architect]] and [[mathematician]] (d. [[537]]){{citation needed |date=November 2024}}
* [[Placidia]], Roman empress and daughter of [[Valentinian III]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Veh Mihr Shapur]], [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] military officer and Marzban of [[Armenia]]<ref>{{cite book | first = René | last = Grousset | title = Histoire de l'Arménie des origines à 1071 | location = Paris | publisher= Payot | year= 1947 | language = French |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYgNAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=442}}</ref>

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