381

Year 381 (CCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Syagrius and Eucherius (or, less frequently, year 1134 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 381 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.

381 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	381 CCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	1134
Assyrian calendar	5131
Balinese saka calendar	302–303
Bengali calendar	−213 – −212
Berber calendar	1331
Buddhist calendar	925
Burmese calendar	−257
Byzantine calendar	5889–5890
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3078 or 2871     — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3079 or 2872
Coptic calendar	97–98
Discordian calendar	1547
Ethiopian calendar	373–374
Hebrew calendar	4141–4142
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	437–438
- Shaka Samvat	302–303
- Kali Yuga	3481–3482
Holocene calendar	10381
Iranian calendar	241 BP – 240 BP
Islamic calendar	248 BH – 247 BH
Javanese calendar	263–264
Julian calendar	381 CCCLXXXI
Korean calendar	2714
Minguo calendar	1531 before ROC 民前1531年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1087
Seleucid era	692/693 AG
Thai solar calendar	923–924
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Dragon) 507 or 126 or −646     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Snake) 508 or 127 or −645

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Gratian moves the capital to Mediolanum (modern-day Milan). Because of his Christian beliefs, he eliminates Pontifex Maximus as Imperial title. Gratian also refuses the robe of office, insulting the pagan aristocrats of Rome.
• The Gallic city of Cularo is renamed Gratianopolis (later Grenoble), in honor of Gratian having created a bishopric.

Europe

• The Visigothic chieftain Athanaric becomes the first foreign king to visit the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople. He negotiates a peace treaty with emperor Theodosius I that makes his people foederati as "one body within the imperial soldiery".^[1] Athanaric dies 2 weeks later^[2] after an 18-year reign in which he has been undisputed king of all the Goths for just 1 year. The peace will continue until Theodosius's death in 395.
• The Sciri together with the Huns attack along Rome's lower Danubian frontier.^[3]

By topic

Religion

• First Council of Constantinople (some authorities date this council to 383): Theodosius I calls a general council to affirm and extend the Nicene Creed, and denounce Arianism and Apollinarism.^[4] Most trinitarian churches consider this an Ecumenical council.
• Council of Aquileia: Ambrose and the council depose the Arian bishops Palladius of Ratiaria and Secundianus of Singidunum.
• Flavian succeeds Meletius as Patriarch of Antioch.
• Timothy succeeds Peter II as Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Nectarius succeeds Gregory Nazianzus as Archbishop of Constantinople.
• John Chrysostom becomes a deacon.

Births

• Helian Bobo, Chinese emperor of the Xiongnu state Xia (d. 425)

Deaths

Saint Syrus of Genoa

• February 15 – Faustinus of Brescia, Roman Catholic bishop and saint
• February 27 – Peter II, Patriarch of Alexandria
• June 29 – Saint Syrus, Bishop of Genoa

Date unknown

• Athanaric, king of the Visigoths
• Saint Meletius, Patriarch of Antioch