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Calendar year

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1st millennium
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3rd century 4th century 5th century
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330s 340s 350s 360s 370s
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359 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	359 CCCLIX
Ab urbe condita	1112
Assyrian calendar	5109
Balinese saka calendar	280–281
Bengali calendar	−235 – −234
Berber calendar	1309
Buddhist calendar	903
Burmese calendar	−279
Byzantine calendar	5867–5868
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3056 or 2849 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3057 or 2850
Coptic calendar	75–76
Discordian calendar	1525
Ethiopian calendar	351–352
Hebrew calendar	4119–4120
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	415–416
-Shaka Samvat	280–281
-Kali Yuga	3459–3460
Holocene calendar	10359
Iranian calendar	263 BP – 262 BP
Islamic calendar	271 BH – 270 BH
Javanese calendar	241–242
Julian calendar	359 CCCLIX
Korean calendar	2692
Minguo calendar	1553 beforeROC 民前1553年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1109
Seleucid era	670/671AG
Thai solar calendar	901–902
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 485 or 104 or −668 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 486 or 105 or −667

The walls ofAmida (Turkey)

Year359 (CCCLIX) was acommon year starting on Friday of theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Eusebius and Hypatius (or, less frequently,year 1112Ab urbe condita). The denomination 359 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

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Roman Empire

KingShapur II the Great of thePersian Empire invades southernArmenia. The Romans implement ascorched earth policy and place strong guards at theEuphrates crossings.
Siege of Amida: Shapur II besieges the Roman fortress ofAmida (modernDiyarbakir). After seventy-three days the city is conquered and the population is massacred by the Persians.Ammianus Marcellinus is a fortunate survivor and flees toSingara (Iraq).
The first knownPrefect of the city ofConstantinople,Honoratus, takes office.
Famine inUpper Rhineland: A fleet of 800 river boats, built for theRhine, cross to the British east coast, and carry back enoughcorn to raise thefamine.^[1]
Winter – Shapur II halts his campaign, due to heavy casualties during the Persian invasion.

By topic

Art

TheSarcophagus of Junius Bassus, in theOld St. Peter's Basilica,Vatican, is made (approximate date).

Religion

July – EmperorConstantius II convenes theCouncil of Rimini, to resolve the crisis overArianism in the Church. Some 400bishops of the Western portion of theRoman Empire attend, while the Eastern bishops simultaneously hold a meeting atSeleucia. GivenSaint Jerome's comment that, "The whole world groaned in astonishment to find itself Arian", it appears to have failed.Pope Liberius rejects the new creed atRimini.

Births

Godigisel, king of theVandals (d.406)
Gratian, Roman emperor (d.383)
Murong Chong, Chinese emperor (d.386)
Stilicho, Roman general (d.408)

Deaths

Barbatio, Roman general (magister militum)
Hosius of Corduba, Christian bishop (b.256)
Junius Bassus Theotecnius, Roman politician
Xun Xian (orLingze), Chinese general (b.322)
Zhang Guan, Chinese general andregent

References

^Wheeler, William Henry (1896).A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire (2nd ed.). Boston, London: J.M. Newcombe and Simpkin, Marshall & Co. p. 5.doi:10.1680/ahotfosl2e.50358.

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