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Heads of state

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Battle of Adrianople
In the battle of Adrianople against the Visigoths under Fritigern , Emperor suffers ...
Bust of Valens (presumed) in the Capitoline Museums, Rome
... Valens one of the worst defeats in the history of the Roman Empire .
378 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar 370/371
Buddhist calendar 921/922 (southern Buddhism); 920/921 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 51st (52nd) cycle , year of the earth tiger戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year fire buffalo 丁丑)
Greek calendar 1./2. Year of the 289th Olympiad
Jewish calendar 4138/39 (9/10 September)
Coptic calendar 94/95
Roman calendar ab urbe condita MCXXXI (1131); Diocletian Era : 94/95 (New Year November)
Seleucid era Babylon: 688/689 (April turn of the year); Syria: 689/690 (New Year October)
Spanish era 416
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) 434/435 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Roman Empire

  • February: The Lentiens , a sub-tribe of the Alemanni , undertake a campaign against the troops of the Roman emperor Gratian . They are later defeated by the Roman army under Nanniemus and Malobaudes at the battle of Argentovaria (today's Oedenburg-Biesheim near Neuf-Brisach in Alsace ).
  • After the Battle of Argentovaria, Gratian undertakes one of the last campaigns of a Roman emperor in the Limes region on the right bank of the Rhine .
  • August 9th : Battle of Adrianople : The Roman army under Emperor Valens suffers one of the worst defeats in its history against the Visigoths under Fritigern . At least 10,000 men were killed, and possibly more, plus around 40 high-ranking officers, including Emperor Valens. Large parts of the Balkan Peninsula fell into the hands of the Gothic warriors. The way to Constantinople is open to them.

Mesoamerica

science and technology

The Valens Aqueduct today

religion

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Individual evidence

  1. Guy Gugliotta: The Maya: Glory and Ruin. In: ngm.nationalgeographic.com. National Geographic Society , August 2007, accessed March 21, 2017 .

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