360s

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

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## 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