360s

Below is a list of events that happened in the years from 360 to 369.



360
 The Huns invade Europe

Births 
 John Cassian, Desert Father and Christian saint
 Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk and theologian 
 Saint Ninian, missionary to Scotland 
 Tao Sheng, Chinese Buddhist scholar 
 Wang Fahui, empress during the Jin Dynasty

Deaths 
 Eustathius of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch 
 Murong Jun, emperor of the Former Yan

361
 November 3 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever. He names his cousin Julian the Apostate his successor.  
 December 11 – Julian becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire. He rules from Constantinople and tries to restore paganism. 
 Ministers and followers of Constantius II are put to trial at the Chalcedon tribunal.
 July 10 – Jin Aidi becomes emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Deaths 
 Apodemius, Roman officer and secret agent
 November 3 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor 
 George of Cappadocia, archbishop of Alexandria 
 Jin Mudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
 Li Shi, emperor of the Chinese Ba-Di state Cheng Han 
 Song Hun, regent of the Chinese state Former Liang
 Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher

362
 An earthquake strikes Nicaea (Turkey).
 An earthquake strikes Al-Karak (Jordan).

Births 
 Flavia Maxima Constantia, daughter of Constantius II  
 Jin Xiaowudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Deaths 
 Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop and martyr 
 Princess Dowager Ma, concubine of Zhang Jun

363
 May 29 – Battle of Ctesiphon
 June 26 – Battle of Samarra
 Petra, capital of the Nabataeans, is damaged by an earthquake.
 April 20 – The planet Venus occults the planet Jupiter.

Births 
 Sulpicius Severus, Christian writer 
 Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty

Deaths 
 Consort Zhou, concubine of Jin Chengdi
 June 26 – Julian, Roman Emperor 
 Zhang Xuanjing, ruler of the Chinese state Former Liang

364
 February 17 – Emperor Jovian dies after ruling for eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana.
 February 26 – Valentinian I is made Emperor by the Roman army. 
 March 28 – Valens, brother of Valentinian I, is made co-emperor.  He begins to kill people for being pagan.
 Valentinian I started the Valentinian Dynasty.  He lives in Paris. 
 Britain suffers Barbarian raids.
 Theon of Alexandria, Greek mathematician, sees a solar eclipse (June 16) and a lunar eclipse (November 25).

Births 
 Sima Daozi, regent of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
 Xu Xianzhi, high official of the Liu Song Dynasty

Deaths 
 Ge Hong, Chinese taoist and government official 
 February 17 – Jovian, Roman emperor

365
 July 21 – earthquake and tsunami destroy Crete and Alexandria.  They also affect Italy, Greece, and Palestine.
 September 28 – Procopius revolts.  He called himself Emperor, and took control of Thrace and Bithynia.
 March 30 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi becomes emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He has no actual power. His granduncle Sima Yu truly rules.

Births 
 Kou Qianzhi, Chinese high official and Daoist
 Tao Qian, Chinese poet
 Tufa Rutan, prince of the Xianbei state Southern Liang

Deaths 
 Charietto, German headhunter  
 November 22 – Felix, antipope
 Hillel II, Jewish religious leader
 March 30 – Jin Aidi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
 Wang Muzhi, empress and wife of Jin Aidi

366
 January 31 – Athanasius of Alexandria returns from his fifth exile. 
 April – Emperor Valens defeats the troops of Procopius in the Battle of Thyatira.
 Valens builds a pontoon bridge across the Danube.  This lets the Visigoths travel farther north.
 The Tabula Peutingeriana, a map showing Roman places and roads, is made about this time.
 October 1 – Damasus I becomes 37th pope.

Births 
 Yao Xing, emperor of the Chinese Qiang state Later Qin

Deaths 
 Acacius of Caesarea, bishop and Christian leader of Arianism 
 September 24 – Pope Liberius
 Marcellus, general and Roman usurper
 May 27 – Procopius, Roman usurper
 Yu Daolian, empress and wife of Jin Feidi
 Zhi Dun, Chinese Buddhist monk and philosopher

367
 Battle of Solicinium
 Great Conspiracy: Romans revolt and allow Picts to attack Britain. Also the  Scotti from Hibernia (Ireland), and the Saxons from Germania attack. 
 Eunomius of Cyzicus is made to live in Mauretania.  This is because he kept Procopius safe.
 The first Korean official goes to Japan. 
 November 16 – Antipope Ursicinus is made to live in Gaul.
 Epiphanius of Salamis becomes bishop of Salamis, Cyprus.

Deaths 
 Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and Doctor of the Church
 Murong Ke, general and statesman of Former Yan

368
 Great Conspiracy: Picts, Scotti and Saxons reach Londinium and plunder the city. 
 An earthquake strikes Nicaea (Turkey).

Births 
 Eustochium, Desert Mother and saint 
 Juqu Mengxun, prince of the Xiongnu state Northern Liang 
 Philostorgius, Anomoean church historian

Deaths 
 Caesarius of Nazianzus, physician and politician 
 Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and Doctor of the Church

369
 Spring – Emperor Valens crosses the Danube at Noviodunum (Romania).  He attacks the Gothic tribes. Their king Athanaric is defeated.
 Fritigern becomes king of the Visigoths.
 Count Theodosius brings Britain fully back to the Empire after the Great Conspiracy of 367.
 Chinese troops of the Jin Dynasty are defeated by Former Yan of the Xianbei.
 Goguryeo invades Baekje.

Births 
 Huan Xuan, warlord and emperor of the Jin Dynasty