Year370 (CCCLXX) was acommon year starting on Friday of theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Augustus and Valens (or, less frequently,year 1123Ab urbe condita). The denomination 370 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Germanic Invasions: The German peoples surround the north borders of the Roman Empire, while theHuns are destroying everything in their path—villages, cities, even empires.
^Imperatores Valentinianus, Valens, Gratianus . Ad barbaricum transferendi vini et olei et liquaminis nullam quisquam habeat facultatem ne gustus quidem causa aut usus commerciorum. * VALENTIN. VALENS ET GRAT. AAA. AD THEODOTUM MAG. MIL.
