363

Year 363 (CCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Sallustius (or, less frequently, year 1116 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 363 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	340s 350s 360s 370s 380s
Years:	360 361 362 363 364 365 366

363 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	363 CCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1116
Assyrian calendar	5113
Balinese saka calendar	284–285
Bengali calendar	−230
Berber calendar	1313
Buddhist calendar	907
Burmese calendar	−275
Byzantine calendar	5871–5872
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3059 or 2999     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3060 or 3000
Coptic calendar	79–80
Discordian calendar	1529
Ethiopian calendar	355–356
Hebrew calendar	4123–4124
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	419–420
- Shaka Samvat	284–285
- Kali Yuga	3463–3464
Holocene calendar	10363
Iranian calendar	259 BP – 258 BP
Islamic calendar	267 BH – 266 BH
Javanese calendar	245–246
Julian calendar	363 CCCLXIII
Korean calendar	2696
Minguo calendar	1549 before ROC 民前1549年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1105
Seleucid era	674/675 AG
Thai solar calendar	905–906
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 489 or 108 or −664     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 490 or 109 or −663

Campaign of Emperor Julian against the Persian Empire (363)

Events

Roman Empire

• March 5 – Emperor Julian departs from Antioch with his army (90,000 men) and heads north towards the Euphrates. En route he creates a diversion and sends a force of 30,000 soldiers under his cousin Procopius to Armenia.
• April – Julian crosses the Euphrates near Hierapolis, using 50 pontoon ships, and moves eastwards to Carrhae. He destroys Perisapora and overruns Persian forts along the desert frontier (Limes Arabicus).
• May 29 – Battle of Ctesiphon: Julian reaches the vicinity of the strongly fortified capital Ctesiphon. King Shapur II in charge of a large Persian army adopts a scorched earth policy, leaving the Romans desperately short of supplies.
• June 16 – The Roman army starts its retreat northward to Corduene (Armenia). Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Julian's forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.
• June 26 – Battle of Samarra: Julian is mortally wounded in a skirmish and dies from a wound received during the fighting near Samarra (Iraq). Jovian, general of the Guard, succeeds him and is proclaimed Emperor by the troops.
• Emperor Jovian negotiates a disastrous peace with Persia, surrendering four of the five Roman provinces gained by Caesar Galerius in 298, and the cities Nisibis and Singara (Mesopotamia).

Europe

• The Huns first appear in Europe and reach the Caspian Sea.

Middle East

• May 18–19 – Galilee earthquake of 363. Petra, capital of the Nabataeans (in modern-day Syria), is seriously damaged.
• 363 Arsakawan earthquake. It affected the cities of Arsakawan (modern Doğubayazıt) and Salat (modern Sisian).[1]

Astronomy

• April 20 – The planet Venus occults the planet Jupiter.

Religion

• The Council of Laodicea, which deals with constricting the conduct of church members, is held. The major canon approved by this council is Canon 29, which prohibits resting on the Sabbath (Saturday), restricting Christians to honoring the Lord on Sunday.
• Mar Mattai Monastery is founded on Mount Alfaf.

Births

• Sulpicius Severus, Christian writer (approximate date)
• Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (d. 422)

Deaths

• June 26 – Julian, Roman emperor
• Consort Zhou, concubine of Jin Chengdi
• Zhang Xuanjing, ruler of the Chinese state Former Liang (b. 350)
• approximate date – Aemilia Hilaria, Gallo-Roman physician (b. 300)

References

1. Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 113.

Sources

• Guidoboni, Emanuela; Traina, Giusto (1995), A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century, Annals of Geophysics