363

Year 363 (CCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Sallustius (or, less frequently, year 1116 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 363 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
363 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar363
CCCLXIII
Ab urbe condita1116
Assyrian calendar5113
Balinese saka calendar284–285
Bengali calendar−230
Berber calendar1313
Buddhist calendar907
Burmese calendar−275
Byzantine calendar5871–5872
Chinese calendar壬戌年 (Water Dog)
3059 or 2999
     to 
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
3060 or 3000
Coptic calendar79–80
Discordian calendar1529
Ethiopian calendar355–356
Hebrew calendar4123–4124
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat419–420
 - Shaka Samvat284–285
 - Kali Yuga3463–3464
Holocene calendar10363
Iranian calendar259 BP – 258 BP
Islamic calendar267 BH – 266 BH
Javanese calendar245–246
Julian calendar363
CCCLXIII
Korean calendar2696
Minguo calendar1549 before ROC
民前1549年
Nanakshahi calendar−1105
Seleucid era674/675 AG
Thai solar calendar905–906
Tibetan calendar阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
489 or 108 or −664
     to 
阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
490 or 109 or −663
Campaign of Emperor Julian against the Persian Empire (363)

Events

Roman Empire

  • March 5 Emperor Julian departs from Antioch with his army (90,000 men) and heads north towards the Euphrates. En route he creates a diversion and sends a force of 30,000 soldiers under his cousin Procopius to Armenia.
  • April Julian crosses the Euphrates near Hierapolis, using 50 pontoon ships, and moves eastwards to Carrhae. He destroys Perisapora and overruns Persian forts along the desert frontier (Limes Arabicus).
  • May 29 Battle of Ctesiphon: Julian reaches the vicinity of the strongly fortified capital Ctesiphon. King Shapur II in charge of a large Persian army adopts a scorched earth policy, leaving the Romans desperately short of supplies.
  • June 16 The Roman army starts its retreat northward to Corduene (Armenia). Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Julian's forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.
  • June 26 Battle of Samarra: Julian is mortally wounded in a skirmish and dies from a wound received during the fighting near Samarra (Iraq). Jovian, general of the Guard, succeeds him and is proclaimed Emperor by the troops.
  • Emperor Jovian negotiates a disastrous peace with Persia, surrendering four of the five Roman provinces gained by Caesar Galerius in 298, and the cities Nisibis and Singara (Mesopotamia).

Europe

Middle East

  • May 1819 Galilee earthquake of 363. Petra, capital of the Nabataeans (in modern-day Syria), is seriously damaged.
  • 363 Arsakawan earthquake. It affected the cities of Arsakawan (modern Doğubayazıt) and Salat (modern Sisian).[1]

Astronomy

Religion

  • The Council of Laodicea, which deals with constricting the conduct of church members, is held. The major canon approved by this council is Canon 29, which prohibits resting on the Sabbath (Saturday), restricting Christians to honoring the Lord on Sunday.
  • Mar Mattai Monastery is founded on Mount Alfaf.

Births

  • Sulpicius Severus, Christian writer (approximate date)
  • Wu Di (or Liu Yu), Chinese emperor of Liu Song (d. 422)

Deaths

  • June 26 Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (b. 331)
  • Aemilia Hilaria, Galo-Roman physician and writer (b. 300)
  • Lucillianus, Roman commander (magister equitum)
  • Zhang Xuanjing, Chinese ruler of Former Liang (b. 350)
  • Zhou (or Cheng), Chinese concubine of Jin Chengdi

References

  1. Guidoboni, Traina, 1995, p. 113.

Sources

  • Guidoboni, Emanuela; Traina, Giusto (1995), "A new catalogue of earthquakes in the historical Armenian area from antiquity to the 12th century", Annals of Geophysics, 38, doi:10.4401/ag-4134
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