Events

• The Battle of the Tanais River near the Don where the Huns defeat the Alans.
• Quintus Aurelius Symmachus becomes proconsul of Africa.

Births

• Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland is born circa this date.
• Synesius, bishop of Ptolemais

Deaths

• May 2 - Athanasius of Alexandria, opponent of Arianism.
• June 9 - Ephrem the Syrian, Syriac hymn writer.