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Events 

 Battle of the Save: Emperor Theodosius I defeats Magnus Maximus near Emona.
 Valentinian II is restored as Roman Emperor.
 August 28 – Magnus Maximus surrenders at Aquileia and is executed.
 Bahram IV becomes the twelfth Sassanid king of Persia.
 Emperor Chandragupta II, ruler of the Gupta Empire, begins a war against the Shaka Dynasty in West India.

 Births 

 Yao Hong, emperor of the Chinese Qiang state Later Qin

 Deaths 

 Flavius Victor, son of Magnus Maximus and co-emperor
 Qifu Guoren, ruler of the Xianbei state Western Qin
 Shapur III, king of the Sassanid Empire
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