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Contents

Events

By Place

Asia

Africa

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Asia

★ Jinsa of Baekje becomes king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje

Africa

★ Copper extraction and casting begins in Kansanshi in southernmost Africa, at the border of Zaire and Zambia.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ Ammianus Marcellinus begins writing a history, in the style of Tacitus, covering the years 96 CE to 378.

Religion

★ The Serapeum in Alexandria is destroyed.

★ Theophilus of Alexandria becomes patriarch of Alexandria.

★ Pope Siricius issues a decretal, pointing out the primacy of Rome and the priestly obligation of celibacy.

Births

★ Murong Chao

★ Murong Xi

★ Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland (approximate date)

★ Orosius, historian and theologian (approximate date)

★ Emperor Gong of Jin China

★ Xie Lingyun, Chinese author

Deaths

★ Priscillian, Spanish theologian, the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy

★ Aelia Flaccilla, wife of Roman Emperor Theodosius I

★ Pulcheria, daughter of Theodosius and Aelia Flacilla

★ Chimnyu of Baekje, king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje

★ Ausonius, Roman poet

★ Dao An

★ Fu Jiān

★ Murong Wei

★ Xie An