361

This article is about the year 361. For the number, see 361 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	330s  340s  350s  – 360s –  370s  380s  390s
Years:	358 359 360 – 361 – 362 363 364

361 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

361 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	361 CCCLXI
Ab urbe condita	1114
Assyrian calendar	5111
Bengali calendar	−232
Berber calendar	1311
Buddhist calendar	905
Burmese calendar	−277
Byzantine calendar	5869–5870
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3057 or 2997     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3058 or 2998
Coptic calendar	77–78
Discordian calendar	1527
Ethiopian calendar	353–354
Hebrew calendar	4121–4122
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	417–418
- Shaka Samvat	283–284
- Kali Yuga	3462–3463
Holocene calendar	10361
Iranian calendar	261 BP – 260 BP
Islamic calendar	269 BH – 268 BH
Julian calendar	361 CCCLXI
Korean calendar	2694
Minguo calendar	1551 before ROC 民前1551年
Seleucid era	672/673 AG
Thai solar calendar	903–904

Emperor Julian the Apostate

Year 361 (CCCLXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Florentius (or, less frequently, year 1114 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 361 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

By place

Roman Empire

• November 3 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, age 44, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian the Apostate rightful successor.
• December 11 – Julian becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire, he rules from Constantinople and tries to restore paganism. Constantius II is buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles.
• Ministers and followers of Constantius II are put to trial at the Chalcedon tribunal.

China

• July 10 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Aidi, age 20, succeeds Jin Mudi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

By topic

Art

• 361–363 – Julian the Apostate, coin is issued. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.

Medicine

• Constantinople enforces a strict licensing system for physicians.

Religion

• Emperor Julian tries to organize a pagan church and substitute it for Christianity. Pope Liberius repudiates the Arian creed and declares that the Council of Arminium had no authority to issue decrees.
• Gregory Nazianzus (Saint Gregory the Theologian) returns to Nazianzus and is appointed a priest by his father who wants him to assist local Christians.
• Construction of the Monastery of Saint Anthony in the Eastern Desert of Egypt begins.
• December 24 – George of Cappadocia, the Arian intruding bishop of Alexandria, is murdered in his see and Athanasius of Alexandria returns to his native city in triumph.

Deaths

• Apodemius, Roman officer and secret agent
• November 3 – Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
• Eusebius, Roman officer
• George of Cappadocia, archbishop of Alexandria
• Jin Mudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 343)
• Li Shi, emperor of the Chinese Ba-Di state Cheng Han
• Song Hun, regent of the Chinese state Former Liang
• Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher (b. 303)