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Find sources: "390" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) Calendar year Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 3rd century 4th century 5th century Decades 370s 380s 390s 400s 410s Years 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 v t e 390 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments Disestablishments v t e 390 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 390 CCCXC Ab urbe condita 1143 Assyrian calendar 5140 Balinese saka calendar 311–312 Bengali calendar −204 – −203 Berber calendar 1340 Buddhist calendar 934 Burmese calendar −248 Byzantine calendar 5898–5899 Chinese calendar 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3087 or 2880 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3088 or 2881 Coptic calendar 106–107 Discordian calendar 1556 Ethiopian calendar 382–383 Hebrew calendar 4150–4151 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 446–447 - Shaka Samvat 311–312 - Kali Yuga 3490–3491 Holocene calendar 10390 Iranian calendar 232 BP – 231 BP Islamic calendar 239 BH – 238 BH Javanese calendar 273–274 Julian calendar 390 CCCXC Korean calendar 2723 Minguo calendar 1522 before ROC 民前1522年 Nanakshahi calendar −1078 Seleucid era 701/702 AG Thai solar calendar 932–933 Tibetan calendar ས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Earth-Ox) 516 or 135 or −637 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Tiger) 517 or 136 or −636 Emperor [Theodosius I](/source/Theodosius_I) and [Ambrose](/source/Ambrose), by [Anthony van Dyck](/source/Anthony_van_Dyck) Year **390** (**[CCCXC](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Augustus](/source/Valentinian_II) and [Neoterius](/source/Neoterius)** (or, less frequently, **year 1143 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 390 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Roman Empire - [April](/source/April) – [Massacre of Thessalonica](/source/Massacre_of_Thessalonica): Resentment among the citizens of [Thessalonica](/source/Thessaloniki) ([Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(Roman_province))) breaks out into violence after the arrest of a popular [charioteer](/source/Chariot_racing). [Butheric](/source/Butheric), military commander of [Illyricum](/source/Illyricum_(Roman_province)), is murdered. Emperor [Theodosius I](/source/Theodosius_I) orders vengeance, despite the pleas for mercy by [Ambrose](/source/Ambrose), bishop of [Milan](/source/Milan); more than 7,000 inhabitants are [massacred](/source/Massacre) by the [Roman army](/source/Late_Roman_army). - Ambrose retires to Milan (residence of Theodosius I) and refuses to celebrate a mass in the emperor's presence, until he repents for ordering the massacre in Thessalonica. Theodosius, filled with remorse, kneels in humility and strips off his [royal purple](/source/Toga), before the [altar](/source/Altar) of the [cathedral](/source/Cathedral) in Milan, humbling himself before the church. - The [Visigoths](/source/Visigoths) and [Huns](/source/Huns), led by [Alaric](/source/Alaric_I), invade Thrace. [Stilicho](/source/Stilicho), high-ranking general (*[magister militum](/source/Magister_militum)*) of [Vandal](/source/Vandals) origin, raises an army and begins a campaign against the [Goths](/source/Goths). - Theodosius I brings an [obelisk](/source/Obelisk) from [Egypt](/source/Egypt) to the [Hippodrome of Constantinople](/source/Hippodrome_of_Constantinople). #### India - [Rudrasena II](/source/Rudrasena_II) of [Vakataka](/source/Vakataka_dynasty) succeeds his father, [Prithivishena I](/source/Prithivishena_I).[1] In the same year he marries [Prabhavatigupta](/source/Prabhavatigupta), daughter of the [Gupta](/source/Gupta_Empire) king [Chandragupta II](/source/Chandragupta_II). ### By topic #### Art - C. 390–[401](/source/401) – [Priestess of Bacchus](/source/Symmachi%E2%80%93Nicomachi_diptych): [Late Antiquity](/source/Late_Antiquity) ivory [diptych](/source/Diptych); documents the relationship of the senators [Quintus Aurelius Symmachus](/source/Quintus_Aurelius_Symmachus) and [Virius Nicomachus Flavianus](/source/Virius_Nicomachus_Flavianus). It commemorates the marriage of the two families. The right panel is inscribed "Symmachorum", with an elaborately dressed priestess who makes an offer on an altar. It is now kept at the [Victoria and Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) in [London](/source/London). #### Religion - [Jerome](/source/Jerome), having finished the [Latin](/source/Latin) translation of the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament), begins translating the [Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament). - The [Kama Sutra](/source/Kama_Sutra) is revised by [Vatsyayana](/source/Vatsyayana). ## Births - [Bleda](/source/Bleda), king of the [Huns](/source/Huns) (approximate date) - [Gao Yun](/source/Gao_Yun_(duke)), [duke](/source/Duke) of the [Xianbei](/source/Xianbei) state [Northern Wei](/source/Northern_Wei) (d. [487](/source/487)) - [Prosper of Aquitaine](/source/Prosper_of_Aquitaine), [disciple](/source/Disciple_(Christianity)) and [Christian](/source/Christians) writer (approximate date) - [Romanus of Condat](/source/Romanus_of_Condat), [hermit](/source/Hermit) and [saint](/source/Saint) (approximate date) - [Simeon Stylites](/source/Simeon_Stylites), Christian [Stylite](/source/Stylite) (approximate date) - [Tonantius Ferreolus](/source/Tonantius_Ferreolus_(prefect)), [prefect of Gaul](/source/Praetorian_prefecture_of_Gaul) (approximate date) - [Xie Hui](/source/Xie_Hui), general of the [Liu Song dynasty](/source/Liu_Song_dynasty) (d. [426](/source/426)) ## Deaths - [January 25](/source/January_25) – [Gregory Nazianzus](/source/Gregory_Nazianzus), [theologian](/source/Theology) and [Patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople) (b. [329](/source/329)) - [Apollinaris of Laodicea](/source/Apollinaris_of_Laodicea), [bishop](/source/Bishop) and [theologian](/source/Theology) - [Aurelius Victor](/source/Aurelius_Victor), Roman [historian](/source/Historian) and politician - [Chen Guinü](/source/Consort_Chen_Guin%C3%BC), [queen consort](/source/Queen_consort) of [Jin Xiaowudi](/source/Emperor_Xiaowu_of_Jin) - [Diodorus of Tarsus](/source/Diodorus_of_Tarsus), bishop and [monastic](/source/Monasticism) reformer ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1974). [*Some Early Dynasties of South India*](https://books.google.com/books?id=78I5lDHU2jQC&dq=%22Rudrasena+II%22+390&pg=PA166). Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 166. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-81-208-2941-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-2941-1). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [390](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/390) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/390?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.