Editing 390

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[[File:Anthonis van Dyck 005.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Theodosius I]] and [[Ambrose]], by [[Anthony van Dyck]]]] 
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Year '''390''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXC]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Valentinian II|Augustus]] and [[Neoterius]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1143 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 390 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.

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

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Massacre of Thessalonica]]: Resentment among the citizens of [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]] ([[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]]) breaks out into violence after the arrest of a popular [[Chariot racing|charioteer]]. [[Butheric]], military commander of [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]], is murdered. Emperor [[Theodosius I]]  orders vengeance, despite the pleas for mercy by [[Ambrose]], bishop of [[Milan]]; more than 7,000 inhabitants are [[massacre]]d by the [[Late Roman army|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 [[Toga|royal purple]], before the [[altar]] of the [[cathedral]] in Milan, humbling himself before the church.
* The [[Visigoths]] and [[Huns]], led by [[Alaric I|Alaric]], invade Thrace. [[Stilicho]], high-ranking general (''[[magister militum]]'') of [[Vandals|Vandal]] origin, raises an army and begins a campaign against the [[Goths]].
* Theodosius I brings an [[obelisk]] from [[Egypt]] to the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople]].

==== India ====
* [[Rudrasena II]] of [[Vakataka dynasty|Vakataka]] succeeds his father, [[Prthivisena I]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chattopadhyaya |first1=Sudhakar |title=Some Early Dynasties of South India |date=1974 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-2941-1 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78I5lDHU2jQC&dq=%22Rudrasena+II%22+390&pg=PA166 |language=en}}</ref> In the same year he marries Prabhavatigupta, daughter of the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] king [[Chandragupta II]].

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* C. 390&ndash;[[401]] &ndash; [[Symmachi–Nicomachi diptych|Priestess of Bacchus]]: [[Late Antiquity]] ivory [[diptych]]; documents the relationship of the senators [[Quintus Aurelius Symmachus]] and [[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]] in [[London]].

==== Religion ====
* [[Jerome]], having finished the [[Latin]] translation of the [[New Testament]], begins translating the [[Old Testament]].
* The [[Kama Sutra]] is revised by [[Vatsyayana]].
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== Births ==
* [[Bleda]], king of the [[Huns]] (approximate date)
* [[Gao Yun (duke)|Gao Yun]], [[duke]] of the [[Xianbei]] state [[Northern Wei]] (d. [[487]])
* [[Prosper of Aquitaine]], [[disciple (Christianity)|disciple]] and [[Christians|Christian]] writer (approximate date)
* [[Romanus of Condat]], [[hermit]] and [[saint]] (approximate date)
* [[Simeon Stylites]], Christian [[Stylite]] (approximate date)
* [[Tonantius Ferreolus (prefect)|Tonantius Ferreolus]], [[Praetorian prefecture of Gaul|prefect of Gaul]] (approximate date)
* [[Xie Hui]], general of the [[Liu Song dynasty]] (d. [[426]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Gregory Nazianzus]], [[theology|theologian]] and [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] (b. [[329]])
* [[Apollinaris of Laodicea]], [[bishop]] and [[Theology|theologian]]
* [[Aurelius Victor]], Roman [[historian]] and politician
* [[Consort Chen Guinü|Chen Guinü]], [[queen consort]] of [[Emperor Xiaowu of Jin|Jin Xiaowudi]]
* [[Diodorus of Tarsus]], bishop and [[Monasticism|monastic]] reformer

== References ==
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