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This article is about the year 392. For the CN Blue album, see
392 (album)
.
Calendar year
Year
392
(
CCCXCII
) was a
leap year starting on Thursday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
. At the time, it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Rufinus
(or, less frequently,
year 1145
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination 392 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.
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Roman Empire
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- Stilicho
, Roman general (
magister militum
), defeats the
Visigoths
and
Huns
in
Thrace
. Emperor
Theodosius I
permits
Alaric
to go free on condition he provides, as
foederati
, military services to the
Roman Empire
.
- May 15
– Emperor
Valentinian II
, age 21, dies while advancing into
Gaul
against the
Frankish
usurper
Arbogast
. He is found
hanging
in his residence at
Vienne
under unknown circumstances.
- August 22
– Arbogast nominates
Eugenius
, Roman teacher of
rhetoric
, as the next emperor of the
Western Roman Empire
. He sends ambassadors to Theodosius's court asking for his recognition.
- Theodosius I becomes the last emperor who rules the whole Roman Empire. He issues an
edict
reinforcing the prohibition of prayers or sacrifices at non-
Christian
temples, leading to the
persecution of pagans
and the end of the almost 2,000-year-old
Eleusinian Mysteries
. He also bans items of spiritual significance that could be used in the home, such as incense or spiritual figures.
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