362

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Year 362 (CCCLXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mamertinus and Nevitta (or, less frequently, year 1115 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 362 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

By place

Roman Empire

• July 18 – Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with an expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. He secures the co-operation with Arsaces, king of Armenia, who fights a bloody guerrilla war against the Persians.
• Julian builds at Samosata (Commagene) a fleet of 50 warships and more than 1,000 transport boats, for his expedition in Persia against king Shapur II the Great.
• An earthquake strikes Nicaea (Turkey).
• An earthquake strikes Al-Karak (Jordan).

By topic

Religion

• February 21 – Athanasius returns to Alexandria and convenes a council, at which he appeals for unity among Christians who differ in terminology, but emperor Julian orders Athanasius to leave Alexandria. He will remain in exile in Upper Egypt until after Julian's death next year.
• October 22 – The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire.

Births

• Flavia Maxima Constantia, daughter of Constantius II (approximate date)
• Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian linguist (d. 440)
• Jin Xiaowudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (d. 396)

Deaths

• Theodoret of Antioch, Syrian Christian priest and martyr
• Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop and martyr (b. 255)
• Princess Dowager Ma, concubine of Zhang Jun
• Reginos, Greek saint

References