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388 CE

Magnus Maximus surrenders at Aquileia, and is executed. Theodosius I devotes himself to gluttony and voluptuous living. Maximus' son Flavius Victor is executed at Trier, by Valentinian's magister militum Arbogast. King Shapur III dies after a reign in which he has partitioned Armenia with the Roman Empire. He is succeeded by his son Bahram IV, who becomes the twelfth Sassanid king of Persia. Frankish invasion of 388: Rebellious Franks led by Marcomer, Sunno and Genobaud invade the Roman Empire with plunder and threaten Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne). A part of the invaders are destroyed by the Romans in the charcoal forest (present-day Belgium). The Roman general Quintines pursues the invaders on Frankish soil and is ambushed. His army is surrounded and defeated by the Franks.

Conflict & Security

  • August 28 – Magnus Maximus surrenders at Aquileia, and is executed. Theodosius I devotes himself to gluttony and voluptuous living. Maximus' son Flavius Victor is executed at Trier, by Valentinian's magister militum Arbogast.source
  • A group of Christians storms the synagogue of the city Callinicum (Syria), at the Euphrates.source
  • Emperor Chandragupta II, ruler of the Gupta Empire, begins a war against the Shaka Dynasty in West India.source
  • Frankish invasion of 388: Rebellious Franks led by Marcomer, Sunno and Genobaud invade the Roman Empire with plunder and threaten Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne). A part of the invaders are destroyed by the Romans in the charcoal forest (present-day Belgium). The Roman general Quintines pursues the invaders on Frankish soil and is ambushed. His army is surrounded and defeated by the Franks.source
  • Battle of the Save: Emperor Theodosius I defeats Magnus Maximus near Emona (modern Slovenia). Theodosius is in command of an army including Goths, Huns and Alans. Valentinian II, now 17, is restored as Roman Emperor.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Jerome moves to Palestine, where he spends the rest of his life as a hermit near Bethlehem.source

Religion & Belief

  • Paternus becomes bishop of the Episcopal see of Braga (Portugal).source
  • Isaac, age 50, is named Catholicos (spiritual head) of the Armenian Apostolic Church.source

Births

  • Elpidius of Atella (or Elpidio), Christian bishop (d. 452)source
  • Yao Hong, Chinese emperor of the Qiang-led Later Qin state (d. 417)source

Deaths

  • August 28 – Magnus Maximus, Roman emperorsource
  • King Shapur III dies after a reign in which he has partitioned Armenia with the Roman Empire. He is succeeded by his son Bahram IV, who becomes the twelfth Sassanid king of Persia.source
  • Qifu Guoren, Chinese ruler of the Xianbei-led Western Qin statesource
  • Shapur III, king of the Sassanid Empire (Persia)source
  • Xie Xuan (or Youdu), Chinese general (b. 343)source
  • Flavius Victor, Roman co-emperor (Augustus)source
  • Huan Shiqian (or Zhen'e), Chinese generalsource
  • Themistius, Byzantine statesman and rhetoriciansource
  • Maternus Cynegius, Roman praetorian prefectsource