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Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Gothic War: Emperor Valens lets the Visigothic chieftain Fritigern and his people cross the Danube from Thrace.  They can live in Lower Moesia if they provide soldiers to the legions.  
 The Greuthungi, led by Alatheus and Saphrax, ask for help from the Roman Empire. They are refused. 
 The Romans fail to disarm the Visigoths. The Goths break out of their containment area along the Danube.  They go south towards the region near Marcianople (Bulgaria).
 Lupicinus, Comes (Count) of Thrace, tries to bring the Visigoths back under control. He invites Fritigern and the Gothic leaders to a banquet.  During the feast Lupicinus tries to kill the Gothics. Fritigern escapes.  
 Lupicinus attacks the Visigoths.  His force (5,000 men) is defeated. The Goths get Roman armour and weapons. Fritigern marches south towards Adrianople (Turkey). 
 Winter – Fritigern tries to siege Adrianople. 

 China 
 Zhang Tianxi, ruler of Former Liang, submits to Fu Jiān of Former Qin, thus ending the state of Former Liang. Zhang is made "Marquess of Guiyi". 
 China is divided between the Former Qin in the north and the Eastern Jin in the south.

 Births 
 Cyril of Alexandria, patrairch and theologian (d. 444)

Deaths 
 Ermanaric, king of the Gothic Greuthungi
 Theodosius the Elder, Roman general
 Tuoba Shiyijian, prince of the Tuoba Dai (b. 320)
 Yuan Hong, historian and politician of the Jin Dynasty (b. 328)

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