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Year 385 (CCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Bauto (or, less frequently, year 1138 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 385 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 ==

The Roman synod exiles the prophet Jerome, who has incorporated ideas first propounded by the Roman statesman Cicero. He departs for Egypt, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, accompanied by the Christian ascetic Paula, who will edit Jerome's translation of the Bible, which becomes the Latin Vulgate.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEDgoiDdbL4C&q=prophet+jerome+exiled+385&pg=PA124|title=The Letters of Jerome: Asceticism, Biblical Exegesis, and the Construction of Christian Authority in Late Antiquity|last=Cain|first=Andrew|publisher=OUP Oxford|year=2009|isbn=9780191568411|location=Oxford, New York|pages=124–128|language=en}}

== Asia ==

Jinsa of Baekje becomes the 16th king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46OTBQAAQBAJ&q=Jinsa+of+Baekje+385&pg=PA37|title=Korean History in Maps|last1=Injae|first1=Lee|last2=Miller|first2=Owen|last3=Jinhoon|first3=Park|last4=Hyun-Hae|first4=Yi|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2014|isbn=9781107098466|location=Cambridge|pages=37|language=en}}

= By topic =

== Arts and Sciences ==

Ammianus Marcellinus begins writing a history, in the style of Tacitus, covering the years AD 96–378.

== Religion ==

The Serapeum of Alexandria, one of the largest Greek temples in Egypt, is destroyed by a Christian mob. The precise date is disputed, with 391 sometimes given as the moment of final destruction.{{Cite thesis|title=Temple conversion and cultural, ritual and topographic memory in Alexandria, Cyrene and Carthage|url=http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/5528/|publisher=University of Birmingham|date=December 2014|degree=Master of Philosophy|language=en|first=Ruth Elizabeth|last=Driver}}
Theophilus becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/theophilus-of-alexandria-and-the-first-origenist-controversy-9780198727545?cc=gb&lang=en&|title=Theophilus of Alexandria and the First Origenist Controversy.|last=Banev|first=Krastu|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=9780198727545|location=Oxford}}
Pope Siricius issues the Directa Decretal, proclaiming the primacy of Rome and the priestly obligation of celibacy.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvh5DwAAQBAJ&q=Directa+Decretal&pg=PA143|title=The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234|last1=Eichbauer|first1=Melodie H.|last2=Summerlin|first2=Danica|publisher=BRILL|year=2018|isbn=9789004387249|location=Leiden, Boston|pages=143|language=en|doi=10.1163/9789004387249_002|s2cid=239912125 }}
Priscillian, Spanish bishop, is accused of Manichaeism and magic, and beheaded at Trier . He becomes the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOg8AAAAIAAJ&q=Priscillian+385&pg=PA470|title=Medieval Panorama: The English Scene from Conquest to Reformation|last=Coulton|first=George Gordon|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1949|location=Cambridge|pages=470|language=en|orig-year=1938}}

== Sport in the Roman Empire ==

Aurelios Zopyros becomes the last reported athlete at the Ancient Olympic Games. He is a victor in "junior boxing" (pankration).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3k8DwAAQBAJ&q=Aurelios+Zopyros&pg=PA60|title=Eros and Greek Athletics|last=Scanlon|first=Thomas Francis|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|isbn=9780195149852|location=Oxford, New York|pages=60|language=en}}

Births

Avitus, Western Roman Emperor (approximate date){{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Avitus-Western-Roman-Emperor/6000000000317314011|title=Avitus, Western Roman Emperor: Marcus Maecilius Flavius Eparchius Avitus|website=Genealogy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-30}}
Murong Chao, emperor of the Xianbei state Southern Yan (d. 410){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UD8Nvn7Ca18C&q=Murong+Chao+385&pg=PA367|title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval China|last=Xiong|first=Victor Cunrui|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|isbn=9780810860537|location=Lanham, MA, Toronto, Plymouth, UK|pages=367|language=en}}
Murong Xi, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (d. 407){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UD8Nvn7Ca18C&q=Murong+Xi+385&pg=PA369|title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval China|last=Xiong|first=Victor Cunrui|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2009|isbn=9780810860537|location=Lanham, MA, Toronto, Plymouth, UK|pages=369|language=en}}
Pulcheria, daughter of Theodosius I who died in infancy (d. 386){{Cite web|url=http://roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu/theo1.htm|title=Roman Emperors - DIR Theodosius I|website=roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu|access-date=2019-01-30}}
Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland (approximate date){{Cite web|url=https://oca.org/saints/lives/2013/03/17/100821-st-patrick-the-bishop-of-armagh-and-enlightener-of-ireland|title=St. Patrick the Bishop of Armagh and Enlightener of Ireland|date=17 March 2013|website=The Orthodox Church in America|language=en|access-date=2019-01-30}}
Paulus Orosius, historian and theologian (approximate date){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJguDwAAQBAJ&q=Orosius+385&pg=PT43|title=An Unproclaimed Empire: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania: From the Viewpoint of Comparative Historical Sociology of Empires|last=Norkus|first=Zenonas|publisher=Routledge|year=2018|isbn=9781351669054|location=London and New York|pages=22|language=en}}
Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (d. 433){{Cite journal|last=Swartz|first=Wendy|date=December 2010|title=Naturalness in Xie Lingyun's Poetic Works|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236811347|journal=Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies|volume=70|issue=2|pages=355–386|doi=10.1353/jas.2010.0007|s2cid=18897500}}

Deaths

October 16 – Fú Jiān, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin (b. 337){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbxODwAAQBAJ&q=Fu+Jian+385&pg=PA135|title=Ben Cao Gang Mu Dictionary - Volume 3: Persons and Literary Sources|last1=Jinsheng|first1=Zheng|last2=Kirk|first2=Nalini|last3=Buell|first3=Paul D.|last4=Unschuld|first4=Paul U.|publisher=University of California Press|year=2018|isbn=9780520965560|location=Oakland, CA|pages=135|language=en}}
Aelia Flaccilla, Roman empress and wife of Theodosius I (or possibly 386){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXCl9P0vKS4C&q=Aelia+Flaccilla+385&pg=PA106|title=A History of Byzantium|last=Gregory|first=Timothy E.|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2010|isbn=9781405184717|location=Chichester, UK|pages=106|language=en}}
Chimnyu, king of Baekje (Korea){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r15cAgAAQBAJ&q=Chimnyu+of+Baekje+385&pg=PA331|title=Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary|last1=Pratt|first1=Keith|last2=Rutt|first2=Richard|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=9781136793936|location=London & New York|pages=331|language=en|orig-year=1999}}
Dao An, Buddhist monk of the Jin Dynasty (b. 312){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjZ7DwAAQBAJ&q=dao%27an+385&pg=PT39|title=Chinese Buddhism and Traditional Culture|last=Fang|first=Litian|publisher=Routledge|year=2019|isbn=9781317519096|location=London and New York|pages=31|language=en}}
Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan (b. 350)
Priscillian, Spanish bishop and theologian
Xie An, statesman of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYsKhU7UW-cC&q=Xie+An+385&pg=PA86|title=The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China|last=Zürcher|first=Erik|publisher=BRILL|year=2007|isbn=9789004156043|edition=3rd|location=Leiden|pages=86|language=en}}

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