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== Events ==
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==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Gothic War (376–382)|Gothic War]]: [[Famine]] in [[Moesia|Lower Moesia]] (occupied by the [[Goths]]) takes a fearsome toll. [[Fritigern]] and his followers appeal for help, but the governors [[Lupicinus (comes per Thracias)|Lupicinus]] and Maximus regard them as second-class citizens. Little help is forthcoming, and thousands [[Starvation|starve]] to death. The pressure on the Roman frontier is still severe, with the [[Taifals|Taifali]] and other hostile bands of [[Goths]] on the [[Danube]]. In addition, groups of [[Huns]] and [[Alans]] have also moved up to the river.
* Emperor [[Valens]] requests his nephew [[Gratian]] to send Roman troops against the Goths. He responds by sending the ageing General [[Frigeridus (dux)|Frigeridus]] with elite reinforcements that [[Ammianus Marcellinus|Ammianus]] calls ‘Pannonian and Transalpine [[auxiliaries]] (''Pannonicis et Transalpinis auxiliis'').’ Gratian also sends [[Richomeres]], his Frankish commander of household troops (''[[comes domesticorum]]''), at the head of a number of troops drawn from the Gallic field army. 
* [[Battle of the Willows]]: The [[Roman Empire|Romans]] abandon the [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] strategy and are attacked by the Goths. The battle is indecisive but both sides suffer heavy casualties. The only [[Late Roman army|Roman army]] available to face the Goths is no longer a fighting force. Richomeres withdraws his troops south of [[Marcianopolis|Marcianople]] ([[Bulgaria]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gnam |first=Carl |date=2015-10-05 |title=The Gothic Wars Battle of Adrianople |url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-gothic-wars-battle-of-adrianople/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Warfare History Network |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Valens sends [[Saturninus (magister militum)|Saturninus]] to the [[Balkan Mountains]] to block the passes. These efforts are possibly supported by units of ''[[limitanei]]'' ([[light infantry]]) withdrawn from areas under Goth control. Split into small bands and unable to join the [[Thervingi|Tervingi]] in sufficient strength to overcome the Roman cordon, the Goths grow increasingly desperate.
* The Goths (possibly [[Greuthungi]]) make an alliance with some of the Huns and Alans along the Danube, and entice them across the river. With the balance of power now shifted Saturninus concentrates his forces to avoid his outposts being overrun. This opens the passes, allowing the Goths, Huns and Alans to break out into the lowlands of southern [[Thrace]].
* Autumn &ndash; Bands of predatory "barbarians" spread throughout the province in search of [[food]], supplies and booty. Most Roman troops are bottled up in the towns. Some elite units remain in the field and [[Skirmisher|skirmish]] with the Goths. One such action takes place outside the town of [[Burgas|Dibaltum]]. The Scutarii heavy cavalry is destroyed in a mad charge against the Goths.
* The Goths, now seeking a military victory to force the Empire to make terms, aim to dislodge the army of Frigeridus from [[Stara Zagora|Beroea]]. He withdraws over the Succi ([[Ihtiman]]) Pass back to [[Diocese of Pannonia|Illyrium]], and reports to Gratian that an expedition by the main imperial armies is required to repulse the Goths in Thrace. 
* Valens concludes a peace with the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] and leaves enough troops to defend the eastern frontier. The [[Saracen]]s  under Queen [[Mavia (queen)|Mavia]] revolt and devastate a swath of territory stretching from [[Phoenicia]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] as far as the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] ([[Egypt]]). Valens successfully brings the uprising under control.

==== Persia ====
* Persian king [[Shapur II]] pushes the Huns back across the [[Caucasus]].

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==== Art and Science ====
* Chinese painter [[Gu Kaizhi]] paints his work, ''"The [[Nymph]] of the [[Luo River (Henan)|Luo River]]"''.