360

360 (CCCLX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 360th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 360th year of the 1st millennium, the 60th year of the 4th century, and the 1st year of the 360s decade. As of the start of 360, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Iulianus (or, less often, year 1113 Ab urbe condita).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	330s  340s  350s  – 360s –  370s  380s  390s
Years:	357 358 359 – 360 – 361 362 363

360 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	360 CCCLX
Ab urbe condita	1113
Assyrian calendar	5110
Balinese saka calendar	281–282
Bengali calendar	−233
Berber calendar	1310
Buddhist calendar	904
Burmese calendar	−278
Byzantine calendar	5868–5869
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 3056 or 2996     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3057 or 2997
Coptic calendar	76–77
Discordian calendar	1526
Ethiopian calendar	352–353
Hebrew calendar	4120–4121
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	416–417
- Shaka Samvat	281–282
- Kali Yuga	3460–3461
Holocene calendar	10360
Iranian calendar	262 BP – 261 BP
Islamic calendar	270 BH – 269 BH
Javanese calendar	242–243
Julian calendar	360 CCCLX
Korean calendar	2693
Minguo calendar	1552 before ROC 民前1552年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1108
Seleucid era	671/672 AG
Thai solar calendar	902–903
Tibetan calendar	ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Sheep) 486 or 105 or −667     — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 487 or 106 or −666

Julian is proclaimed Emperor in Paris at the Thermes de Cluny.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• February – Julian, Roman Caesar, is proclaimed emperor by the Gallic legions in Lutetia (modern Paris) at the Thermes de Cluny. They refuse to support the eastern campaign against king Shapur II of Persia and revolted.
• The Alamanni raid Raetia (Switzerland), but are pushed back behind the Rhine and into the Black Forest by Julian.
• King Shapur II continues his campaign against the Roman fortresses. His armies capture Singara, Bezabde and Nisibis.
• Emperor Constantius II and Julian send several letters to each other. They are both hoping to avoid a civil war.

Europe

• Thousands of Huns invade Europe. They spread terror as they take over territories held for generations by Alans, Heruls, Ostrogoths and Visigoths.

Asia

• Japan begins a 30-year period of great influence in Korea.

By topic

Agriculture

• Roman authorities in Britain export wheat to supply the legions on the Rhine. They have encouraged production of wheat for that purpose.

Religion

• First Council of Constantinople: Emperor Constantius II requested a church council, at Constantinople, and both the eastern and western bishops attend the meeting. Wulfila also attends the council and endorses the resulting creed. After the council, several homoiousian bishops are deposed or banished, including Macedonius I of Constantinople and Cyril of Jerusalem.

Births

• John Cassian, Desert Father and Christian saint (approximate date)
• Saint Mesrob, Armenian monk and theologian (approximate date)
• Saint Ninian, missionary to Scotland (approximate date)
• Tao Sheng, Chinese Buddhist scholar (approximate date)
• Wang Fahui, empress during the Jin Dynasty (d. 380)