Editing 341

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[[File:Emperor Constans Louvre Ma1021.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Constans|Constans I]] (c. 320–350)]]
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Year '''341''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1094 ''[[ab Urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 341 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 or dates.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constans|Constans I]] bans [[paganism|pagan]] sacrifices and magic rituals, under penalty of death.<ref name=":0">Hunt, David (1998). "The successors of Constantine". In [[Averil Cameron]] & [[Peter Garnsey]] (eds.). ''The Cambridge Ancient History XIII: The Late Empire, A.D. 337–425''. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–7. {{ISBN|0-521-30200-5}}</ref>
* Constans I begins a successful campaign against the [[Franks]].<ref name=":0" />

==== India ====
* [[Samudragupta]] of the [[Gupta Empire]], during a decade, extends his kingdom and his influence.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Tej Ram Sharma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWVZWjNAcAgC&pg=PA73 |title=A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta |publisher=Concept |year=1989 |isbn=978-81-7022-251-4 |pages=71–73}}</ref> A pillar found at [[Allahabad]] sings his praises.<ref name=":1" />

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The Council of Encaenia is held in [[Antioch]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Wace: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. – Christian Classics Ethereal Library |url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Eudoxius,%20bishop%20of%20Constantinople |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.ccel.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Council of Antioch {{!}} Description, History, & Facts  |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Council-of-Antioch |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Church Fathers: Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (A.D. 341) |url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3805.htm |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
* [[Paul I of Constantinople|Paul I]] is restored as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]].<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/210/6/071.html Butler, Alban. ''The Lives of the Saints'', Vol. VI, (1886)]</ref>
* Thousands of [[Christians]] are executed at [[Samandağı (city)|Seleucia]] in [[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Butler |first=Alban |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHgTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA229 |title=The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints |year=1821 |pages=229–230 |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>
* [[Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa|Coptic]] [[Christianity]] is introduced into [[Ethiopia]] by the Syrian apostle [[Frumentius]]. He and his colleague Aedesius ware captured by Ethiopians a year or two ago, and have become civil servants at the [[Aksumite Empire|Aksumite]] court of King [[Ezana of Axum|Ezana]]. Ezana is impressed with Frumentius' teachings and converts to Christianity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Harrower |first1=Michael J. |last2=Dumitru |first2=Ioana A. |last3=Perlingieri |first3=Cinzia |last4=Nathan |first4=Smiti |last5=Zerue |first5=Kifle |last6=Lamont |first6=Jessica L. |last7=Bausi |first7=Alessandro |last8=Swerida |first8=Jennifer L. |last9=Bongers |first9=Jacob L. |last10=Woldekiros |first10=Helina S. |last11=Poolman |first11=Laurel A. |last12=Pohl |first12=Christie M. |last13=Brandt |first13=Steven A. |last14=Peterson |first14=Elizabeth A. |date=2019 |title=Beta Samati: discovery and excavation of an Aksumite town |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003598X1900084X/type/journal_article |journal=Antiquity |language=en |volume=93 |issue=372 |page=1536 |doi=10.15184/aqy.2019.84 |issn=0003-598X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Moore |first=Dale H. |date=1939 |title=Christianity in Ethiopia |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/church-history/article/abs/christianity-in-ethiopia/0A42F3C72B5F5600D12894DD22FB0EDF |journal=Church History |language=en |volume=5 |issue=3 |page=272 |doi=10.2307/3160789 |jstor=3160789 |issn=1755-2613 }}</ref> Frumentius becomes the first [[Bishop]] of [[Axum]] and encourages the Christian [[merchant]]s present in the country to practise their faith openly.<ref name=":2" /><ref>Adejumobi, Saheed A. (2007). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3Un6_LGIEyQC&pg=PA171 The history of Ethiopia]''. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 171. {{ISBN|978-0-313-32273-0}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Emperor Ai of Jin|Ai of Jin]] (or '''Qianling'''), Chinese emperor (d. [[AD 365|365]])<ref>[[Fang Xuanling]] inter al., eds. 晉書 (''[[Book of Jin]]''), 648. Beijing: Zhonghua Publishing, 1974. 10 vols.</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Asterius of Cappadocia]], Christian theologian and writer<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Asterius (of Cappadocia)|display=Asterius|volume=2|page=792}}</ref>
* [[Empress Du (Jin dynasty)|Du Lingyang]] (or '''Du Ling'''), Chinese empress (b. [[321]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adamek |first=P. |date=11 September 2012 |title=A good son is sad if he hears the name of his father: the tabooing of names in China as a way of implementing social values |url=https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2962883/view |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Leiden University: Scholarly Publications |page=145}}</ref>
* [[Eusebius of Nicomedia]], archbishop of [[Constantinople]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Eusebius of Nicomedia |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05623b.htm |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref>
* [[Ge Hong]] (or '''Ko Hung'''), Chinese [[Taoism|taoist]] (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wells |first=Matthew |date=18 July 2013 |title=Self as Historical Artifact: Ge Hong and Early Chinese Autobiographical Writing |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/152991003788138465 |journal=Early Medieval China |language=en |volume=2003 |issue=1 |pages=71–103 |doi=10.1179/152991003788138465 |issn=1529-9104}}</ref>
* [[Paul of Thebes]], Christian [[hermit]] (approximate date)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venerable Paul of Thebes |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2012/01/15/100196-venerable-paul-of-thebes |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.oca.org}}</ref>
* [[Potamon of Heraclea]], Christian bishop and martyr<ref>{{Cite book |last=Butler |first=Alban |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TLaKcRquPMC&pg=RA1-PA264 |title=The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints |publisher=Edinburgh: J. Moir |year=1798 |page=264 |language= |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref>

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