348
Calendar year
Year 348 (CCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Salia (or, less frequently, year 1101 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 348 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.
01Events
By place
Europe
- Wulfila escapes religious persecution by the Gothic chieftain Athanaric, obtains permission from Constantius II to migrate with his flock of converts to Moesia, and settles near Nicopolis ad Istrum (Bulgaria).
Asia
- In Persia, women are enrolled in the army to perform auxiliary services.
- In India, Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire defeats Rudrasena in battle.
02Births
03Deaths
- May 9 , Pachomius the Great, founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism (b. 292)
- December 12 , Saint Spyridon, Greek-Cypriot Orthodox bishop and saint (b. 270)
Date unknown
- Murong Huang, Chinese ruler of the Former Yan (b. 297)
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