379

This article is about the year 379. For the number, see 379 (number).

Year 379 (CCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ausonius and Hermogenianus (or, less frequently, year 1132 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 379 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.

379 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	379 CCCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1132
Assyrian calendar	5129
Balinese saka calendar	300–301
Bengali calendar	−215 – −214
Berber calendar	1329
Buddhist calendar	923
Burmese calendar	−259
Byzantine calendar	5887–5888
Chinese calendar	戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3076 or 2869     — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3077 or 2870
Coptic calendar	95–96
Discordian calendar	1545
Ethiopian calendar	371–372
Hebrew calendar	4139–4140
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	435–436
- Shaka Samvat	300–301
- Kali Yuga	3479–3480
Holocene calendar	10379
Iranian calendar	243 BP – 242 BP
Islamic calendar	251 BH – 249 BH
Javanese calendar	261–262
Julian calendar	379 CCCLXXIX
Korean calendar	2712
Minguo calendar	1533 before ROC 民前1533年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1089
Seleucid era	690/691 AG
Thai solar calendar	921–922
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) 505 or 124 or −648     — to — ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 506 or 125 or −647

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• January 19 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium, giving him the title Augustus with power over all the eastern provinces. Theodosius comes to terms with the Visigoths and settles them in the Balkans as military allies (foederati).
• Gratian refuses the title of Eastern Emperor.
• Gratian renounces the title Pontifex Maximus.
• Britain is forced to endure fierce Barbarian raids.

Europe

• Niall becomes High King of Ireland.^[1]

Persia

• King Shapur II, ruler of the Persian Empire, age 70, dies after a 69-year reign in which he conquered Armenia and transferred multitudes of people from the western lands to Susiana (Khuzistan). The great town Nishapur in Khorasan (eastern Parthia) is also founded by him. His brother Ardashir II, governor-king of Adiabene, is placed by the nobles on the throne.

China

• Former Qin captures the city of Xiangyang from Eastern Jin. The Buddhist monk Dao'an is transferred from Xiangyang to Chang'an.

Mesoamerica

• September 13 – Yax Nuun Ayiin (I) becomes ruler of Tikal.

By topic

Religion

• Gregory Nazianzus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, and is wounded when he is attacked by a mob of heretics.
• John Chrysostom writes a book on the Christian education of children.

Births

• Gunderic, king of the Vandals and Alans (d. 428)
• Wang Hong, Chinese politician and general (d. 432)

Deaths

Saint Basil the Great

Saint Macrina the Younger

• January 1 – Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (b. 330)
• July 19 – Macrina the Younger, Christian nun and saint (b. 327)
• Shapur II (the Great), ruler of the Sasanian Empire (b. 309)