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375| 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. | | 375 | Egypt, Roman Empire [education] | The earliest extant books – a school textbook and an account book – with bound wooden leaves, are lost at the Dakhla Oasis in western Egypt. The desert sands preserve them for modern archaeologists. | | 375 | Roman Empire [political events] | Following the death of the Western Roman emperor Valentinian I, his son Gratian succeeds him as emperor of the West. His other son, the four-year-old Valentinian II, is appointed co-emperor of the West, to which Gratian agrees. | | 17 November 375 | Roman Empire, Yugoslavia [political events] | The Western Roman emperor Valentinian I (364–375) concludes an enduring peace with the Alemanni in Germany, then marches to help defend the Danube frontier. While negotiating with the Quadi, Valentinian dies in Sirmium in modern Yugoslavia (c. 54). |
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