373

This article is about the year 373. For the number, see 373 (number).

Year 373 (CCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Valens (or, less frequently, year 1126 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 373 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.

373 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	373 CCCLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1126
Assyrian calendar	5123
Balinese saka calendar	294–295
Bengali calendar	−221 – −220
Berber calendar	1323
Buddhist calendar	917
Burmese calendar	−265
Byzantine calendar	5881–5882
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3070 or 2863     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3071 or 2864
Coptic calendar	89–90
Discordian calendar	1539
Ethiopian calendar	365–366
Hebrew calendar	4133–4134
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	429–430
- Shaka Samvat	294–295
- Kali Yuga	3473–3474
Holocene calendar	10373
Iranian calendar	249 BP – 248 BP
Islamic calendar	257 BH – 256 BH
Javanese calendar	255–256
Julian calendar	373 CCCLXXIII
Korean calendar	2706
Minguo calendar	1539 before ROC 民前1539年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1095
Seleucid era	684/685 AG
Thai solar calendar	915–916
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Water-Monkey) 499 or 118 or −654     — to — ཆུ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Water-Bird) 500 or 119 or −653

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Valens is converted to Arianism, and orders the persecution of Trinitarian Christians in the Roman East.
• Quintus Aurelius Symmachus becomes proconsul of Africa, and is made a member of the pontifical college.
• Count Theodosius is appointed commander of an expedition to suppress the rebellion of Firmus in Mauretania.
• The Aqueduct of Valens is inaugurated near Constantinople (modern Istanbul); the aqueduct has a length of 971 meters.

Europe

• Battle of the Tanais River: The Huns defeat the Alans near the Don, sending the remnants fleeing westward.

Persia

• King Shapur II declares war as a result of Valens' support of Armenia. Emperor Valens makes Antioch his military base for the campaign against Persia.

By topic

Religion

• Saint Martin of Tours undertakes the Christianization of Gaul.

Births

• Murong Hui, Chinese general and prince of the Later Yan Dynasty (d. 397)
• Murong Sheng (or Daoyun), Chinese emperor of the Later Yan Dynasty (d. 401)
• Synesius of Cyrene, Christian bishop (approximate date)

Deaths

• May 2 – Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 296)^[1]
• June 9 – Ephrem the Syrian, Syrian Orthodox priest and saint (b. 306)
• Huan Wen (or Yuanzi), Chinese general and regent (b. 312)
• Nerses I (the Great), Armenian catholicos (or patriarch)
• Sun Sheng, Chinese historian and politician (b. 302)

Gallery

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  Saint Ephrem the Syrian
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  Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
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  Saint Nerses I