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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* King [[Shapur II|Shapur II the Great]] of the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]] invades southern [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]]. The Romans implement a [[scorched earth]] policy and place strong guards at the [[Euphrates]] crossings. 
* [[Siege of Amida (359)|Siege of Amida]]: Shapur II besieges the Roman fortress of [[Amida (Roman city)|Amida]] (modern [[Diyarbakir]]). After seventy-three days the city is conquered and the population is massacred by the Persians. [[Ammianus Marcellinus]] is a fortunate survivor and flees to [[Singara]] ([[Iraq]]).
* The first known [[Prefect]] of the city of [[Constantinople]], [[Honoratus]], takes office.
* Famine in [[Upper Rhine]]land: A fleet of 800 river boats, built for the [[Rhine]], cross to the British east coast, and carry back enough [[Cereal|corn]] to raise the [[famine]].<ref name=wheeler>{{Wheeler1896|page=5}}</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Shapur II halts his campaign, due to heavy casualties during the Persian invasion.

=== By topic ===
==== Art ====
* The [[Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus]], in the [[Old St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Holy See|Vatican]], is made (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* [[July]] &ndash; Emperor [[Constantius II]] convenes the [[Council of Rimini]], to resolve the crisis over [[Arianism]] in the Church. Some 400 [[bishop]]s of the Western portion of the [[Roman Empire]] attend, while the Eastern bishops simultaneously hold a meeting at [[Council of Seleucia|Seleucia]]. Given [[Jerome|Saint Jerome]]'s comment that, "The whole world groaned in astonishment to find itself Arian", it appears to have failed. [[Pope Liberius]] rejects the new creed at [[Rimini]].
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