and ask for food and money for the journey. However, the chief magistrate of Adrianople refuses and the Goths break out in open rebellion. They inflict heavy casualties among the citizens. Arming themselves with Roman equipment, they join forces with Fritigern. Winter – Fritigern attempts an unsuccessful siege of Adrianople. His troops try to storm the city walls, but abandon the attacks and break into small bands, better able to forage and feed themselves. Roman prisoners switch sides and give the Goths a valuable source of local intelligence. China Zhang Tianxi, ruler of Former Liang, submits to Fu Jiān of Former Qin, thus ending the state of Former Liang. Zhang is made "Marquess of Guiyi". China is divided between the Former Qin in the north and the Eastern Jin in the south. Births Cyril of Alexandria, Egyptian patriarch (d. 444) Deaths April 10 – Bademus, Christian abbot and saint October 10 – Acepsimas of Hnaita, Persian bishop Ermanaric, king of the Goths (Greuthungi) (b. 291) Flavius Theodosius (the Elder), Roman general Tuoba Shiyijian, prince of the Tuoba Dai (b. 320) Yuan Hong, Chinese historian and politician (b. 328) References