348

Year 348 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. 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.

Events

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.
Asia
In Persia, women are enrolled in the army to perform auxiliary services.
In India, Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire defeats Rudrasena in battle.

Births

Prudentius, Roman Christian poet
Shenoute, monk and saint
Deaths
May 9 - Pachomius the Great, founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism
December 12 - Saint Spyridon, Greek-Cypriot Orthodox bishop and saint
Date unknown
Murong Huang, Chinese ruler of the Former Yan