369

Year 369 (CCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Galates and Victor (or, less frequently, year 1122 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 369 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:	366 367 368 369 370 371 372

369 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	369 CCCLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1122
Assyrian calendar	5119
Balinese saka calendar	290–291
Bengali calendar	−224
Berber calendar	1319
Buddhist calendar	913
Burmese calendar	−269
Byzantine calendar	5877–5878
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3065 or 3005     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3066 or 3006
Coptic calendar	85–86
Discordian calendar	1535
Ethiopian calendar	361–362
Hebrew calendar	4129–4130
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	425–426
- Shaka Samvat	290–291
- Kali Yuga	3469–3470
Holocene calendar	10369
Iranian calendar	253 BP – 252 BP
Islamic calendar	261 BH – 260 BH
Javanese calendar	251–252
Julian calendar	369 CCCLXIX
Korean calendar	2702
Minguo calendar	1543 before ROC 民前1543年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1099
Seleucid era	680/681 AG
Thai solar calendar	911–912
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 495 or 114 or −658     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 496 or 115 or −657

Wulfila converts the Goths to Christianity

Events

Roman Empire

• Spring – Emperor Valens crosses the Danube at Noviodunum (Romania), and attacks the Gothic tribes (Greuthungi and Tervingi). Their king Athanaric is defeated and forced to flee for his life. He sues for peace, concluding a treaty with Valens. The treaty includes free trade and an agreement to provide troops for tribute.
• Fritigern becomes king of the Visigoths; amidst hostilities with his rival Athanaric, he asks Valens and the Thracian field army to intervene. They end the civil war, and Fritigern converts to Christianity.
• Count Theodosius brings Britain fully back to the Empire after the Great Conspiracy of 367.

Persia

• Persian king Shapur II occupies the pro-Roman kingdom of Armenia. He besieges Artogerassa in modern Georgia, where Papas (Pap), son of King Arsaces II (Arshak II), defends the fortress and the royal treasure against Persian forces.

Asia

• Chinese troops of the Jin Dynasty are defeated by Former Yan of the Xianbei.
• Goguryeo invades Baekje.

Arts and sciences

• Wulfila creates a Gothic alphabet composed of letters based on Greek and Roman letters, as well as some Germanic runes. He converts the Goths to Arian Christianity.
• Supernova SN 386 explodes at about this date.

Births

• Huan Xuan, warlord and emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 404)

Deaths

Saint Juvenal of Narni

• May 3 – Juvenal of Narni, Roman Catholic bishop, confessor and saint

Date Unknown

• Pharantzem, queen and regent of Armenia (d. winter 369 or 370)
• Valentinus, Roman criminal and rebel

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