Goths cross the Danube
Fleeing the Huns, the Tervingi seek refuge in the Empire
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In 376 tens of thousands of Tervingi Goths fleeing the Huns were allowed by Emperor Valens to cross the Danube. Roman officials starved and fleeced the refugees; the Goths rose in revolt, and the war lasted until the peace of 382.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- c. 397–400 Augustine's Confessions — 21 years later
Asia
- 383 Battle of the Fei River — 7 years later
Alive at the time
- Augustine of Hippo (aged 22)
- Hypatia (aged 16)
- Vasubandhu (aged 60)