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Magnus Magnentius

Year 350 (CCCL) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Nigrinianus (or, less frequently, year 1103 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 350 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

• January 18 – Emperor Constans I makes himself extremely unpopular, Magnus Magnentius is proclaimed emperor at Autun (Gaul) with support of the army on the Rhine frontier.
• January – Constans I flees to Spain, where he is subsequently assassinated at Castrum Helenae. Magnentius rules the Western Roman Empire and is far more tolerant towards Christians and Pagans.
• March 1 – Vetranio is asked by Constantina, sister of Constantius II, to proclaim himself Caesar. Constantius accept the new emperor and sends him money to raise an army.
• June 3 – Iulius Nepotianus, Roman usurper, proclaims himself "emperor" and enters Rome with a group of gladiators.
• June 30 – Nepotianus is defeated and killed by Marcellinus, a trusted general sent by Magnentius. His head is put on a lance and borne around the city.
• December 25 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and assembled the troops. He is forced to abdicated his title and Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.

Asia

• About this time the Huns begin to invade the Sassanid Empire.^[1]
• The city of Anbar (Iraq) is founded by king Shapur II.
• The Wei-Jie war breaks out in North China.

By topic

Art

• The church of Santa Constanza in Rome is finished.

Births

• Honoratus, archbishop of Arles (approximate date)
• Hypatia of Alexandria, female Neoplatonist philosopher (approximate date)
• Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan (d. 385)
• Plutarch of Athens, Greek philosopher (approximate date)
• Theodore of Mopsuestia, bishop and theologian (approximate date)
• Zhang Xuanjing, ruler of the Chinese state Former Liang (d. 363)

Deaths

• Constans I, Roman Emperor
• Eutropia, mother of Nepotianus
• June 30 – Nepotianus, Roman usurper
• Shi Jian, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao

References