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==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Revolt of Alaric I]]: After Stilicho returned to Italy, the Eastern Roman Empire concludes a peace treaty with Alaric. The Visigoths are given a settlement area in Illyricum and their king is appointed ''magister militum per Illyricum''.
* [[Gildonic War|Gildonic Revolt]]: [[Gildo]], a Berber serving as a high-ranking official (''comes'') in [[Mauretania]], rebels against the [[Western Roman Empire]]. The Gildonic Revolt is instigated by a powerful official in the Eastern Roman Empire named [[Eutropius (consul 399)|Eutropius]], who wishes to undermine his enemies in the Western Roman Empire by cutting off the grain supply to Rome.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Charles|first=Michael|date=2005|title=Transporting the Troops in Late Antiquity: Naves Onerariae, Claudian and the Gildonic War|journal=The Classical Journal|volume=100|issue=3|pages=275–299|jstor=4133022|issn=0009-8353}}</ref> After Gildo takes much of [[Africa (Roman province)|North Africa]] and cuts off the grain supply to [[Rome]], [[Stilicho|Flavius Stilicho]] returns to [[Italy]] to raise troops against the rebels. After a short campaign in the [[desert]], he defeats Gildo. Gildo flees and commits [[suicide]] by hanging himself.
* [[Eutropius (consul 399)|Eutropius]], Roman general (''[[magister militum]]''), celebrates his victory over the [[Huns]] ("the wolves of the North") in a [[Roman triumph|parade]] through [[Constantinople]] (see [[395]]). 
* An imperial [[edict]] obliges Roman landowners with [[plantation]]s to yield 1/3 of their fields to the "barbarians" who have been settled in the [[Roman Empire]].
* Emperor [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] marries Stilicho's daughter [[Maria (empress)|Maria]].
* Possible date for the Second Pictish War.