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363| 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | 363 | Roman Empire, Persia, Sassanian Empire [wars] | The Roman emperor Julian invades Sassanian Persia and reaches the capital Ctesiphon, but his army is enticed into the desert by a ruse. King Shapur II of Persia avoids battle and adopts a scorched earth policy, leaving the Romans desperately short of supplies. As the Romans retreat, Julian is mortally wounded in a skirmish, and Jovian, Captain of the Guard and a Christian, succeeds him and makes peace, surrendering four of the five provinces gained by the Caesar Galerius in 298, and the cities of Nisibis and Singara. | | 363 | Roman Empire, Persia [births and deaths] | Flavius Claudius Julianus (Julian the Apostate), Roman emperor 361–363, a noted scholar and military commander, dies from wounds received in battle at Ctesiphon, near Baghdad, Persia (c. 32). |
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