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[edit] Roman Empire

• September 6 — Battle of the Frigidus: Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast.
• The sacred fire of the Roman Empire stops burning (see Vesta and Vestal Virgins).
• 200,000 soldiers guard the borders, and a reserve force of 50,000 is available for deployment. Many Roman soldiers are from Germanic tribes.
• An obelisk, taken from Egypt, is erected near the hippodrome in Constantinople.
• Emperor Theodosius I bans the Olympic Games.

[edit] Egypt

• The last known Hieroglyph is written in Philae, Egypt.

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[edit] Religion

• Epiphanius of Salamis attacks Origen as a heretic.
• The Council of Bagaï in Africa brings 310 Donatist bishops together.

[edit] Births

• Gunabhadra, Indian Buddhist scholar-monk
• Jangsu of Gorguryeo, 20th monarch of Goguryeo

[edit] Deaths

• Libanius, rhetorician (approximate date)
• Didymus the Blind, theologian
• Fu Chong
• Fu Deng
• Murong Yong
• Yao Chang