title: 372
text: 
  Year 372 (CCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
  
  Events
  
  By place
  
  Roman Empire 
   Emperor Valentinian I is against the Alamanni, Quadi and  Sarmatians. His subordinates are dealing with Firmus,  Roman usurper, in Africa and the Picts in Britain.
  
  Europe 
   The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester.
  
  China 
   Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by Jin Jianwendi.
   September 12 – Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi. Empress Chu Suanzi serves as regent.
   The first diplomatic ties are made between the Korean kingdom of Baekje and the Chinese court of the Jin Dynasty.
  
  By topic
  
  Arts and sciences 
   The national academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, is made in the kingdom of Goguryeo (Korea).
  
  Religion 
   Gregory of Nyssa becomes bishop.
   Buddhism is the official religion of Gorguryeo.
   Saint Augustine adopts Manichaeism.
   Valentinian I bans Manichaean meetings.
  
  Births 
   Pei Songzhi, Chinese historian (d. 451)
  
  Deaths 
   Jin Jianwendi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)
   Maximus of Ephesus, Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
   Sabbas the Goth, Christian reader and saint (b. 334)
  
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