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Year 372 (CCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Modestus and Arintheus (or, less frequently, year 1125 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 372 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Roman Empire
[edit | edit source]- Emperor Valentinian I is engaged in operations against the Alamanni, Quadi and Sarmatians, while his subordinates are dealing with the Roman usurper Firmus in Africa and the Picts in Britain.
Europe
[edit | edit source]- The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester, overwhelming them with light cavalry (horse archers), and devastating the settlements of the Goths. King Athanaric is defeated and seeks refuge in Caucaland in the Carpathian Mountains.
- Athanaric starts building new defensive works to protect his people against the Alans and the Huns.
China
[edit | edit source]- Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by his granduncle Sima Yu, who is installed as Jin Jianwendi.
- September 12 – Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi. Empress Chu Suanzi serves as regent, but decisions are made by the high officials Xie An and Wang Tanzhi.
- The first diplomatic ties are established between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Chinese court of the Jin Dynasty.
By topic
[edit | edit source]Art and Science
[edit | edit source]- The national academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, is established in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).
- Basil the Great establishes the Basileias, possibly the first hospital, near Caesarea Mazaca on land granted by emperor Valens.[1]
Religion
[edit | edit source]- Gregory of Nyssa becomes bishop of Nyssa.[2]
- Buddhism is adopted as the official religion of Gorguryeo.
- Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.
- Valentinian I bans Manichaean meetings.
Births
[edit | edit source]- Pei Songzhi, Chinese historian and politician (d. 451)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Jianwen of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)
- Maximus of Ephesus, Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
- Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (b. 334)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Caner, Daniel (2018). "Not a Hospital but a Leprosarium: Basil's Basilias and an Early Byzantine Concept of the Deserving Poor". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. 72: 34–35. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ↑ Maspero, Giulio; Mateo-Seco, Lucas Francisco, eds. (December 14, 2009). The Brill Dictionary of Gregory of Nyssa. Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 103. ISBN 9789004190696.