353

Year 353 (CCCLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magnentius and Decentius (or, less frequently, year 1106 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 353 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:
Decades:
Years:
353 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar353
CCCLIII
Ab urbe condita1106
Assyrian calendar5103
Balinese saka calendar274–275
Bengali calendar−240
Berber calendar1303
Buddhist calendar897
Burmese calendar−285
Byzantine calendar5861–5862
Chinese calendar壬子年 (Water Rat)
3049 or 2989
     to 
癸丑年 (Water Ox)
3050 or 2990
Coptic calendar69–70
Discordian calendar1519
Ethiopian calendar345–346
Hebrew calendar4113–4114
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat409–410
 - Shaka Samvat274–275
 - Kali Yuga3453–3454
Holocene calendar10353
Iranian calendar269 BP – 268 BP
Islamic calendar277 BH – 276 BH
Javanese calendar235–236
Julian calendar353
CCCLIII
Korean calendar2686
Minguo calendar1559 before ROC
民前1559年
Nanakshahi calendar−1115
Seleucid era664/665 AG
Thai solar calendar895–896
Tibetan calendar阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
479 or 98 or −674
     to 
阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
480 or 99 or −673

Events

Roman Empire

  • Battle of Mons Seleucus: Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius, who commits suicide in Gaul in order to avoid capture. Constantius becomes sole emperor, and reunifies the Roman Empire.
  • Constantius II sends his official Paulus Catena to Britain, to hunt down the opponents supporting Magnentius. Flavius Martinus, vicarius of Britain and supporter of Constantius, opposes the persecutions; he is then accused by Catena of being a traitor. In response, Martinus tries to kill Catena with a sword; he fails and then commits suicide.
  • Constantius II assembles a conciliabulum at Arles, and condemns Athanasius as Patriarch of Alexandria.

China

  • Wang Xizhi, Chinese calligrapher, produces "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" in running script style. It becomes a model for future calligraphers.

Births

  • Saint Paulinus (Paolino), Bishop of Nola (d. 431)
  • Saint Vigilius, Bishop of Trent (d. 405)

Deaths

  • August 11 Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)[1]
  • August 18 Magnus Decentius, brother and Caesar of Magnentius
  • Flavius Martinus, vicarius of Roman Britain
  • Zhang Chonghua, ruler of Former Liang (b. 327)

References

  1. Vagi, David (2016). Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. Routledge. p. 476. ISBN 978-1-135-97125-0.
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