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Calendar year
Year
397
(
CCCXCVII
) was a
common year starting on Thursday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
. In the
Roman Empire
, it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Caesarius and Atticus
(or, less frequently,
year 1150
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination 397 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
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Roman Empire
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- Revolt of Alaric I
:
Stilicho
traps the
Visigoths
under
King Alaric
in the
Peloponnese
, but decides to abandon the campaign against the Visigoths in Greece, thus allowing King Alaric to escape north to
Epirus
with his loot. Presumably, Stilicho has left Greece in order to prepare for military action in northern Africa, where a rebellion (see
Gildonic Revolt
in 398) seems imminent.
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- Emperor Honorius
passes a law making barbarian styles of dress illegal in the city of
Rome
. As a result of this law, everybody in Rome is forbidden from wearing boots, trousers, animal skins, and long hair. This law is passed in response to the increasing popularity of barbarian fashions among the people of Rome.
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