Editing AD 383 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Britannia ====
* [[Niall of the Nine Hostages]] becomes the first [[High King of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History|editor-last=Mac Annaidh|editor-first=S|publisher=[[Gill and Macmillan]]|location=Dublin|year=2001}}</ref>
* [[Magnus Maximus]] withdraws Roman troops from the region of [[Wales]], marking the effective [[End of Roman rule in Britain|end of Roman rule]] in Wales.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frere |first=Sheppard Sunderland |author-link=Sheppard Frere |date=1987 |orig-year=1967 |chapter=The End of Roman Britain |title=Britannia: A History of Roman Britain |page=354 |edition=3rd, revised |publisher=[[Routledge & Kegan Paul]] |isbn=978-0-7102-1215-3}}</ref>

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Arcadius]] is elevated to Emperor.<ref name="isbn1-57958-316-4">{{cite book |author =David L. Vagi |title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |location=Chicago, Ill |year=2001 |pages= 590|isbn=1-57958-316-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WzOGycVVQLEC&dq=Arcadius+january+19,+383&pg=PA590}}</ref>
* Roman troops in [[Roman Britain|Britannia]] proclaim [[Magnus Maximus]] as their Emperor. He crosses over to the continent and makes [[Trier]] his capital.<ref name="isbn0-85991-625-1">{{cite book |author =Harbus, A. |title=Helena of Britain in medieval legend |publisher=D.S. Brewer |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK |year=2002 |pages= 55|isbn=0-85991-625-1 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6uK4VHOYVHEC&dq=383+%22Magnus+Maximus%22&pg=PA55}}</ref> [[Gaul]], the [[Roman Italy|Italian provinces]] and [[Hispania]] proclaim loyalty to him.
* [[August 25]] &ndash; Emperor [[Gratian]], age 24, is assassinated at [[Lugdunum]] (modern-day [[Lyon]]), leaving a young widow [[Laeta]]. [[Pannonia]] and [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]] maintain their allegiance to co-emperor [[Valentinian II]], now 12, whose mother, [[Justina (empress)|Justina]], rules in his name.
* Emperor [[Theodosius I]] cedes [[Dacia]] and [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]] to Valentinian II. They recognize Magnus Maximus as ''[[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]]''.
* Theodosius I sends [[Stilicho|Flavius Stilicho]] as an [[diplomacy|envoy]] to the Persian court of King [[Shapur III]] at [[Ctesiphon]], to negotiate a peace settlement relating to the partition of [[Armenia]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Battle of Fei River]] (Feishui):<ref name="isbn076560504x">{{cite book |author =Peterson, Barbara |title=Notable women of China: Shang dynasty to the early twentieth century |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |location=Armonk, N.Y |year=2000 |pages= 148|isbn=0-7656-0504-X |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KLNrqn4WLZYC&dq=%22Battle+of+Feishui%22+383&pg=PA148}}</ref> [[Former Qin]] forces are defeated by the numerically inferior [[Eastern Jin]] army in [[Anhui]], preserving the Jin state in the south and precipitating the destruction of Former Qin in the north.
* King [[Ardashir II]] dies after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Shapur III.<ref name="isbn0-415-32678-8">{{cite book |author =Percy Molesworth Sykes |title=A History of Persia |publisher=Routledge/Curzon |location=London |year=2003 |pages= 427|isbn=0-415-32678-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KFji0kSxqNMC&dq=%22Shapur+III%22+383&pg=PA427}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[First Council of Constantinople]] (some authorities date this council to 381): Theodosius I calls a general council to affirm and extend the [[Nicene Creed]], and denounce [[Arianism]] and [[Apollinarism]]. Most trinitarian [[Christians|Christian]] churches consider this an [[Ecumenical council]].
* By the order of Theodosius I, [[Eunomius of Cyzicus]] is banished to [[Moesia]].
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