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Year '''339''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXXXIX]]''') 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''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1092 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constantius II]] hastens to his territory in the East, where a revived [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]] under King [[Shapur II]] is attacking [[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Mesopotamia]]. For the next 11 years, the two powers engage in a war of border [[Skirmisher|skirmishing]], with no real victor.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Julius I]]<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Pope St. Julius I |volume= 8 |last= Kirsch  |first= Johann Peter |short=1}}</ref> gives refuge in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to the Alexandrian patriarch [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]],<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= St. Athanasius |volume= 2 |last= Clifford  |first=  Cornelius |short=1}}</ref> who is deposed and expelled during the [[First Synod of Tyre]] (see [[335]]).
* [[Eusebius of Nicomedia]] is made bishop of [[Constantinople]],<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Eusebius of Nicomedia |volume= 5 |last= Chapman  |first= Henry Palmer |short=1}}</ref> while another [[Arianism|Arian]] succeeds Athanasius as bishop of [[Alexandria]], under the name Gregory.
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== Births ==
* [[Ambrose|Aurelius Ambrosius]], Italian bishop and theologian (d. [[397]])
* [[He Fani]], Chinese empress of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[AD 404|404]])
* [[Shi Shi (emperor)|Shi Shi]], Chinese emperor of [[Later Zhao]] (d. [[349]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Abaye]], Babylonian rabbi of the Jewish [[Talmud]]
* [[Chi Jian|Xi Jian]] (or '''Daohui'''), Chinese general (b. [[269]])
* [[Duan Liao]], Chinese chieftain of the [[Duan tribe|Duan state]] ([[Xianbei]])
* [[Eusebius|Eusebius of Caesarea]], Greek bishop (approximate date).<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Eusebius of Cæsarea |volume= 5 |last= Bacchus |first=  Francis Joseph |short=1}}</ref> 
* [[Khosrov III the Small|Khosrov III]] ('''the Small'''), Roman client king (approximate date)
* [[Wang Dao]] (or '''Maohong'''), Chinese politician (b. [[276]])

== References ==
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