385

This article is about the year 385. For the number, see 385 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	350s  360s  370s  – 380s –  390s  400s  410s
Years:	382 383 384 – 385 – 386 387 388

385 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

385 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	385 CCCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1138
Assyrian calendar	5135
Bengali calendar	−208
Berber calendar	1335
Buddhist calendar	929
Burmese calendar	−253
Byzantine calendar	5893–5894
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3081 or 3021     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3082 or 3022
Coptic calendar	101–102
Discordian calendar	1551
Ethiopian calendar	377–378
Hebrew calendar	4145–4146
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	441–442
- Shaka Samvat	307–308
- Kali Yuga	3486–3487
Holocene calendar	10385
Iranian calendar	237 BP – 236 BP
Islamic calendar	244 BH – 243 BH
Julian calendar	385 CCCLXXXV
Korean calendar	2718
Minguo calendar	1527 before ROC 民前1527年
Seleucid era	696/697 AG
Thai solar calendar	927–928

Year 385 (CCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) 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 become the Latin Vulgate.

Asia

• Jinsa of Baekje becomes the 16th king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje.

Africa

• Copper extraction and casting begins in the mines of Kansanshi in southernmost Africa, at the border of Zaire and Zambia.

By topic

Arts and Sciences

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

Religion

• The Serapeum in Alexandria is destroyed.
• Theophilus becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Pope Siricius issues a decretal, proclaiming the primacy of Rome and the priestly obligation of celibacy.
• Priscillian, Spanish bishop, is accused of Manichaeism and magic, and at Trier beheaded. He becomes the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy.

Sport in the Roman Empire

• Aurelios Zopyros becomes the last reported athlete at the Ancient Olympic Games. He is victor in "junior boxing" (pankration).

Births

• Avitus, Western Roman Emperor (approximate date)
• Murong Chao, emperor of the Xianbei state Southern Yan (d. 410)
• Murong Xi, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (d. 407)
• Pulcheria, daughter of Theodosius I (d. 386)
• Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland (approximate date)
• Paulus Orosius, historian and theologian (approximate date)
• Xie Lingyun, Chinese poet of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (d. 433)

Deaths

• Aelia Flaccilla, Roman empress and wife of Theodosius I
• Chimnyu, king of Baekje (Korea)
• Dao An, Buddhist monk of the Jin Dynasty (b. 312)
• Fú Jiān, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin (b. 337)
• 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)