372 CE

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 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. Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.

In the 370s, the 4th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Athanaric starts building new defensive works to protect his people against the Alans and the Huns.source
  • The first diplomatic ties are established between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Chinese court of the Jin Dynasty.source

Conflict & Security

  • 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.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.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.source

Religion & Belief

  • Buddhism is adopted as the official religion of Gorguryeo.source
  • Gregory of Nyssa becomes bishop of Nyssa.source
  • Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.source
  • Valentinian I bans Manichaean meetings.source

Health & Medicine

  • Basil the Great establishes the Basileias, possibly the first hospital, near Caesarea Mazaca on land granted by emperor Valens.source

Culture & Society

  • 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.source
  • The national academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, is established in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).source

Births

  • Pei Songzhi, Chinese historian and politician (died 451)source

Deaths

  • Jianwen of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 320)source
  • Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (born 334)source
  • Maximus of Ephesus, Greek Neoplatonist philosophersource