339
Year 339 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Claudius. The denomination 339 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Constantius II hastens to his territory in the East, where a revived Persia under King Shapur II is attacking Mesopotamia. For the next 11 years, the two powers engage in a war of border skirmishing, with no real victor.
By topic
Religion
- Pope Julius I gives refuge in Rome to the Alexandrian patriarch Athanasius, who is deposed and expelled during the First Synod of Tyre.
- Eusebius of Nicomedia is made bishop of Constantinople, while another Arian succeeds Athanasius as bishop of Alexandria, under the name Gregory.
Births
- Aurelius Ambrosius, Italian bishop and theologian
- He Fani, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty
- Shi Shi, Chinese emperor of Later Zhao
Deaths
- Abaye, Babylonian rabbi of the Jewish Talmud
- Xi Jian, Chinese general
- Duan Liao, Chinese chieftain of the Duan state
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Greek bishop.
- Khosrov III, Roman client king
- Wang Dao, Chinese politician