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