Year 379 (CCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ausonius and Hermogenianus (or, less frequently, year 1132 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 379 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.

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• Gunderic, king of the Vandals and Alans (d. 428)
• Wang Hong, Chinese politician and general (d. 432)

• January 1 – Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (b. 330)
• July 19 – Macrina the Younger, Christian nun and saint (b. 327)
• Shapur II (the Great), ruler of the Sasanian Empire (b. 309)