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year
Part of
400s
Followed by
409
Follows
407
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category for births in this time period
Category:408 births
category for deaths in this time period
Category:408 deaths
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408
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Category:408
point in time
0408-01-01

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Emperor Constantine III (407–411)

Year 408 (CDVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Philippus (or, less frequently, year 1161 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 408 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.

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