377

377 (CCCLXXVII) was a common year beginning on a Sunday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named as the consulate of Augustus and Merobaudes, or less commonly, as 1130 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 377 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Events

• Battle of Ad Salices: Roman troops fight a battle of undecided result against the godos.
• Graciano the Youth declares to the enemy heretics of the Catholic Church.
• The Persian king Sapor II pushes the white huns back to the other side of the Caucasus.
• The ostrogods, pushed by the Huns, move in their migrations to roxolanes, horses and rugs.
• Incursions of Arab tribes attack several cities of the Mediterranean, then belonging to Valente, Roman Emperor of the East.

Art and literature

• The Chinese painter Gu Kaizhi paints his work, The Goddess of the River Lo.