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Year '''353''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Magnentius and Decentius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1106 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 353 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 ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Battle of Mons Seleucus]]: Emperor [[Constantius II]] defeats the usurper [[Magnentius]], who commits suicide in [[Gaul]] in order to avoid capture. Constantius becomes sole emperor, and reunifies the [[Roman Empire]].
* Constantius II sends his official [[Paulus Catena]] to [[Roman Britain|Britain]], to hunt down the opponents supporting Magnentius. [[Flavius Martinus]], [[vicarius]] of Britain and supporter of Constantius, opposes the persecutions; he is then accused by Catena of being a traitor. In response, Martinus tries to kill Catena with a sword; he fails and then commits suicide.
* Constantius II assembles a ''[[conciliabulum]]'' at [[Arles]], and condemns [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] as [[Patriarch of Alexandria]].

=== By topic ===
==== China ====
* [[Wang Xizhi]], Chinese [[Calligraphy|calligrapher]], produces [[Lantingji Xu|"Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion"]] in running script style. It becomes a model for future calligraphers.

== Births ==
* [[Vigilius of Trent|Saint Vigilius]], [[Bishop of Trent]] (d. [[405]])

== Deaths ==
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Magnentius]], Roman [[usurper]] (b. [[303]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vagi |first1=David |title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-97125-0 |page=476 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIEYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT476 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Decentius|Magnus Decentius]], brother and [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]] of Magnentius
* [[Flavius Martinus]], [[vicarius]] of [[Roman Britain]]
* [[Zhang Chonghua]], ruler of [[Former Liang]] (b. [[327]])

== References ==
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