Events By place Western Roman Empire Geiseric, king of the Vandals, captures Sicily. Asia Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei. The Hepthalites move south from the Altay Mountains region into Transoxiana, Bactria, Khurasan and eastern Persia. By topic Art Parting of Lot and Abraham, mosaic in the nave arcade, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, is made. Religion September 29—Pope Leo I succeeds Pope Sixtus III as the 45th pope. Births Bodhidharma, semi-legendary Buddhist monk… (More on 440)