368. Semiarian Council in Caria. Famine in Cappadocia
369. Death of Emmelia. Basil visits Samosata.
370. Death of Eusebius of Caesarea
Election and consecration of Basil to the see of Caesarea.
Basil makes visitation tour.
371. Basil threatened by arian bishops and by modestus.
Valens, travelling slowly from Nicomedia to Caesarea, arrives at the end of the year.
372. Valens attends great service at Caesarea on the Epiphany, Jan. 6.
Interviews between Basil and Valens.
Death of Galates.
Valens endows Ptochotrophium and quits Caesarea.
Basil visits Eusebius at Samosata.
Claim of Anthimus to metropolitan dignity at Tyana.
Basil resists Anthimus.
Basil Forces Gregory of Nazianzus to be consecrated bishop of Sasima, and consecrates his brother Gregory to Nyssa. Consequent estrangement of Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus.