PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 401 – 500

The world in the 5th century

From 401 to 500 the atlas holds 180 states standing at some time, 58 of them founded in it - France and Venice the best known - and 43 ending in it. 41 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, Sack of Rome and Sack of Rome the best known of the events; 174 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 401 to 500, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 5th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

401: 8 began — 7 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other401411: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other411421: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other421431: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other431441: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other441451: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other451461: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other461471: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other471481: 7 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other481491: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other491

Wars and battles 35

and 27 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 3

Treaties 2

States founded and fallen

Founded 58

and 44 more in the atlas.

Ended 43

and 29 more in the atlas.

Born in the 5th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 150 more in the atlas.

States of the 5th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 5th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 68 statesEurope68Middle East and North Africa: 26 statesMiddle East and North Africa26South Asia: 26 statesSouth Asia26East and Southeast Asia: 32 statesEast and Southeast Asia32Americas and Oceania: 5 statesAmericas and Oceania5Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe68 states

and 56 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa26 states

and 14 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia26 states

and 14 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia32 states

and 20 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania5 states

Location unknown23 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 400 – 500: every state, war and life of the 5th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 450: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.