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Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Emperor Valentinian I is against the Alamanni, Quadi and  Sarmatians. His subordinates are dealing with Firmus,  Roman usurper, in Africa and the Picts in Britain.

 Europe 
 The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester.

 China 
 Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by Jin Jianwendi.
 September 12 – Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi. Empress Chu Suanzi serves as regent.
 The first diplomatic ties are made between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Chinese court of the Jin Dynasty.

 By topic 
 Arts and sciences 
 The national academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, is made in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).

 Religion 
 Gregory of Nyssa becomes bishop.
 Buddhism is the official religion of Gorguryeo.
 Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.
 Valentinian I bans Manichaean meetings.

 Births 
 Pei Songzhi, Chinese historian (d. 451)

 Deaths 
 Jin Jianwendi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)
 Maximus of Ephesus, Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
 Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (b. 334)

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