390

390 (CCCXC) was a common year beginning on a Tuesday of the Julian calendar, in effect on that date.

In the Roman Empire, the year was named as the year of the consulate of Augustus and Neoterius, or less commonly, as 1143 Ab urbe condita, acquiring its name as 390 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the anno Domini was established.

Byzantine solid with the image of Valentiniano II, consul in 390 for the fourth time.

Events

• Thessaloniki Massacre.
• Bishop Ambrose of Milan forces Emperor Theodosius to do penance for the looting and slaughter of Thessalonica.

Births

• Bleda, warlord of the Huns.
• Simon the Stilite.

Deaths

• Aurelio Victor, Roman historian.
• Geminian, Christian religious.
• Macario el Viejo, Egyptian Christian religious.