Editing 343

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Year '''343''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Memmius and Romulus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1096 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 343 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 ====
* The Western Roman Emperor [[Constans|Constans I]] is in [[Roman Britain|Britain]], possibly in a military campaign against the [[Picts]] and [[Gaels|Scots]] (the last visit to Britain by a legitimate emperor).<ref>Norwich, John Julius (1989) ''Byzantium: The Early Centuries'', Guild Publishing, p. 81n</ref>
* The Eastern Roman Emperor [[Constantius II]] campaigns in [[Adiabene]], a [[vassal]] [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|kingdom of Armenia]] ([[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Julius I]] tries to unite the Western [[bishop]]s against [[Arianism]] by convoking the [[Council of Serdica]] (later [[Sofia]]), which acknowledges the pope's supreme authority and grants him the right to judge cases involving the legal possession of [[episcopal see]]s, but only Western and Egyptian bishops attend, and Arianism remains strong. 
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== Births ==
* [[Fu Deng]], Chinese emperor of the [[Di (Wu Hu)|Di]] state [[Former Qin]] (d. [[394]])
* [[Emperor Mu of Jin|Jin Mudi]], Chinese emperor of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Eastern Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[361]]) 
* [[Xiao Wenshou]] (or '''Xiaoyi'''), Chinese empress dowager (d. [[423]])
* [[Xie Xuan]], Chinese general of the Jin Dynasty (d. [[388]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Saint Nicholas]] (or [[Santa Claus]]) (b. [[270]])<ref>{{cite web |title=St Nicholas: Top 10 facts about Father Christmas |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/888736/father-christmas-santa-claus-st-nicholas-25-december-holidays-10-facts |website=Express.co.uk |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=en |date=6 December 2017}}</ref>
* [[Li Shou]] (or '''Wukao'''), Chinese emperor of [[Cheng Han]] (b. [[300]])

== References ==
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