Quiet field
369
The year was full. This aperture was quiet.
On the Danube, the emperor Valens campaigned against the Tervingi and made a peace with Athanaric. In East Asia the period of division continued. Nothing in the surviving record resembles the later instrument cluster.
- Valens and Athanaric on the Danube
- Sasanian Persia under Shapur II’s long reign (died 379)
- Eastern Jin and northern states in China
- Gupta expansion still in the next century
The aperture
Quiet under the declared categories. Retained as a denominator year.
Regions checked
- Europe
- Middle East
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Africa
- the Americas
Included / excluded
- Excluded: Gothic entry into the empire. The major crossing is 376, after the Hunnic shock. It does not belong to 369.
68 | 69 | 70
Same century. Same research threshold. Matched frames. Neither pane brighter except that the middle year is the selected aperture.
368
Neighbor
Valentinian and Valens continue frontier wars. No category hit.
369
Aperture
Quiet under the declared categories. Retained as a denominator year.
370
Neighbor
Hunnic movements further east are underway, poorly dated in western sources.