By the 4th century AD artists had started debating in writing over the proper goals of art as well.

By the 5th century AD, Rome was in decline and the Roman predecessor town of Alicante, known as Lucentum ( Latin ), was more or less under the control of the Visigothic warlord Theudimer.

By the 6th century AD there is evidence of the foundation of a Bavarian stem duchy whose leadership was related to the ruling Frankish ( and possibly Alemannic / Swabian ) houses.

By the end of his sole rule ( AD 14 ), Augustus had expanded the empire to the line of the Danube river, which was to remain its central / eastern European border for its entire history ( except for the occupation of Dacia 105-275 ).

By AD 100, Etruscan had been replaced by Latin.

By the 1st century AD, cattle and horses were used in mills, driving machines similar to those powered by humans in earlier times.

By at least 549 AD paper kites were being flown, as it was recorded in that year a paper kite was used as a message for a rescue mission.

By the 9th century AD the city of Shiraz was known to produce some of the finest wines in the Middle East.

By AD 100, the time of Tacitus's Germania, Germanic tribes settled along the Roman frontier at the Rhine and the Danube ( the Limes Germanicus ), occupying most of the area of modern Germany ; however, Austria, southern Bavaria, and the western Rhineland were Roman provinces.

By AD 139, the geographer Ptolemy writes that the " Huni " ( Χοῦνοι or Χουνοἰ ) are between the Bastarnae and the Roxolani in the Pontic area under the rule of Suni.

By 395 AD dioceses in which the region was divided were the Diocese of Dacia ( as Pravealitana ), and the Diocese of Macedonia ( as Epirus Nova ).

By the early 4th century AD, a Kushan noble called Malkar of Khi, had become leader of the Huns settled there.

By the 2nd century AD it was known as vikanor Lousonnensium and in 280 as lacu Lausonio.

By AD 1500, the two divisions of the tribe had established a kingdom stretching from north of the present-day city of Nkhotakota to the Zambezi River in the south, and from Lake Malawi in the east, to the Luangwa River in Zambia in the west.

By AD 354, Hilary of Poitiers wrote that the Manichaean faith was a significant force in southern Gaul.

By 1763, Tulsipur-Dang Rajya fell and by 1775 AD, Chauhan Raja Nawal Singh of House of Tulsipur was completely defeated.

By these same routes, Islam made its way south into West Africa after the 9th century AD.

By the 2nd century AD, the observance of a corporate day of worship on the first day ( Sunday, or Saturday night ) had become commonplace, as attested in the patristic writings.

By about the 4th century AD the writer of satires came to be known as satyricus ; St. Jerome, for example, was called by one of his enemies ' a satirist in prose ' (' satyricus scriptor in prosa ').

By 1000 AD, cast bronze horseshoes with nail holes had became common in Europe.

By AD 350, King Ezana of Axum had captured and destroyed Meroe city, ending the kingdom's independent existence, and conquering its territory into modern-day northern Sudan.

By 1100 AD, the Tai had established themselves as Po Khuns ( ruling fathers ) at Nan, Phrae, Songkwae, Sawankhalok, Chakangrao, etc.

By the 12th century AD, a number of loosely connected rice-growing and trading states flourished in the upper Chao Phraya Valley.

By 5, 000 years ago more permanent settlements emerged, and farming began by 900 AD.

By 1867, it ballooned to over 400 members, including some clubs from as far away as San Francisco and Louisiana.

By 1770 Chardin was the ' Premier peintre du roi ', and his pension of 1, 400 livres was the highest in the Academy.

By World War II, most fighters were all-metal monoplanes armed with batteries of machine guns or cannons and some were capable of speeds approaching 400 mph.

By the mid 17th century, numerous small Dutch and Flemish distillers ( some 400 in Amsterdam alone by 1663 ) had popularized the re-distillation of malt spirit or wine with juniper, anise, caraway, coriander, etc., which were sold in pharmacies and used to treat such medical problems as kidney ailments, lumbago, stomach ailments, gallstones, and gout.

By 1876, the gun had a theoretical rate of fire of 1, 200 rounds per minute, although 400 rounds per minute was more likely in combat.

By 400, Rufinius began translating his orations into Latin.

By 1880, Germany had 9, 400 locomotives pulling 43, 000 passengers and 30, 000 tons of freight a day, and forged ahead of France.

By 1914, the problem had grown to the point where an estimated one U. S. citizen in 400 ( 0. 25 %) was addicted to some form of opium.

By 1880, Germany had 9, 400 locomotives pulling 43, 000 passengers and 30, 000 tons of freight, and pulled ahead of France

By comparison, in 2008 Koenigsegg with its staff of 45 produced 18 cars at an average price of US $ 1 million each ; Saab employed 3, 400 workers and made more than 93, 000 cars.

By this rule, the average number of days per year will be 365 + 1 / 4 − 1 / 100 + 1 / 400 = 365. 2425, which is 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds.

By 400 it was civitas Lausanna and in 990 it was mentioned as Losanna.

By some estimates, his personal wealth soared to US $ 400 million in 1974.

By the 12th century, Tongans, and the Tongan kings, the Tu ' i Tonga, were known across the Pacific, from Niuē, Samoa to Tikopia they ruled these nations for over 400 years, sparking some historians to refer to a " Tongan Empire ," although it was more so a network of interacting navigators, chiefs, and adventurers.

By January 1996, the party had collected $ 400, 000 in donations, while Hagelin's campaign had received about $ 300, 000 plus $ 100, 000 in matching funds.

By 1624, only 3, 400 of the 6, 000 early settlers had survived.

By the year 400 Greek philosophy, art, literature and architecture had spread far and wide, with the numerous independent Greek colonies that had sprung up throughout the lands of the eastern Mediterranean.

* By this year, the Portuguese colony of Brazil has between 400 mills producing 57, 000 tons of sugar a year and 230 mills producing 14, 000 tons ( estimates vary ) The wealth the Portuguese acquire from selling sugar in Europe prompts the English and French to follow suit in this century.

By 2010, the residential population had increased to 24, 400 residents with crime statistics showing no murders in 2010.

By 1867, more than 400 clubs were members, although most of the strongest clubs remained those based in the northeastern part of the country.

By 1960, after 400 years of colonial tyranny, there was not a single university in the entire territory To counter this backwardness, more overtly political organisations first appeared in the 1950s, and began to make organized demands for human and civil rights, initiating diplomatic campaigns throughout the world in their fight for independence.

By 1960 a St. Louis, Missouri, HVAC company, Albert Arno, Inc., trademarked the name " Ductape " for their " flame-resistant " duct tape, capable of holding together at 350 – 400 ° F ( 175 – 200 ° C ).

By the tenth century, 400, 000 copies of some sutras and pictures were printed and the Confucian classics were in print.

By AD 1025, Basil II ( with an annual revenue of 7, 000, 000 nomismata ) was able to amass 14, 400, 000 nomismata ( or 200, 000 pounds of gold ) for the Imperial treasury due to his prudent management.