390 - Definition and Overview

Years: 386 387 388 389 - 390 - 391 392 393 394
Decades: 360s 370s 380s - 390s - 400s 410s 420s
Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century

Events

In response to the murder of his general Butheric, Theodosius I orders a massacre of the inhabitants of Thessalonica. Appalled by the brutality of this action, St. Ambrosius excommunicates him.
Jerome, having finished the Latin translation of the New Testament, begins translating the Old Testament.
Theodosius brings an obelisk from Egypt to the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

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