393

Year 393 (CCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (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 Augustus (or, less frequently, year 1146 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 393 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	370s 380s 390s 400s 410s
Years:	390 391 392 393 394 395 396

393 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	393 CCCXCIII
Ab urbe condita	1146
Assyrian calendar	5143
Balinese saka calendar	314–315
Bengali calendar	−200
Berber calendar	1343
Buddhist calendar	937
Burmese calendar	−245
Byzantine calendar	5901–5902
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3090 or 2883     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3091 or 2884
Coptic calendar	109–110
Discordian calendar	1559
Ethiopian calendar	385–386
Hebrew calendar	4153–4154
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	449–450
- Shaka Samvat	314–315
- Kali Yuga	3493–3494
Holocene calendar	10393
Iranian calendar	229 BP – 228 BP
Islamic calendar	236 BH – 235 BH
Javanese calendar	276–277
Julian calendar	393 CCCXCIII
Korean calendar	2726
Minguo calendar	1519 before ROC 民前1519年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1075
Seleucid era	704/705 AG
Thai solar calendar	935–936
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 519 or 138 or −634     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 520 or 139 or −633

Emperor Honorius, by Jean-Paul Laurens

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• January 23 – Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his son Honorius, age 8, co-ruler (Augustus) of the Western Roman Empire.
• Theodosius I demands the destruction of pagan temples, holy sites, and ancient objects throughout the Roman Empire.
• Theodosius I abolishes the Greek Olympic Games, ending a thousand years of festivals, as part of the general Christian policy to establish universal Christian worship in accordance with the doctrines set forth in the Nicene Creed (the next Olympic Games will not be held until 1896).

China

• Gao Zu succeeds Tai Zu as emperor of the Later Qin Empire.
• Chinese astronomers observe the guest star SN 393.

By topic

Religion

• Synod of Hippo: A council at Hippo Regius (Algeria) is hosted by the Church. The bishops approve a canon of Sacred Scripture that correspond to the Roman Catholic Church.

Births

• Sima Maoying, empress of the Liu Song dynasty (d. 439)
• Theodoret of Cyrrhus, bishop and theologian (approximate date)

Deaths

• Eunomius of Cyzicus, Arian bishop and theologian
• Zhai Zhao "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang), emperor of Wei