364

Year 364 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Varronianus. The denomination 364 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

February 17 - Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana en route back to Constantinople, in suspicious circumstances.
February 26 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Emperor by officers of the Roman army at Nicaea in Bithynia. He addresses the soldiers in a speech. He founds the Valentinianic dynasty and rules the Western portion of the Roman Empire, from Caledonia to the Rhine frontier, ensuring it a few years of relative security. He settles in Lutetia and establishes a militia to defend the region.
March 28 - Valens, brother of Valentinian I, is appointed co-emperor in the palace of Hebdomon. He rules the Eastern portion of the Roman Empire, from the Danube to the Persian border, and begins the first anti-pagan persecutions.
Britain is forced to endure fierce barbarian raids.
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