354
This article is about the year 354. For the number, see 354 (number). For the Roman calendar drawn up this year, see Chronography of 354.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 3rd century – 4th century – 5th century |
| Decades: | 320s 330s 340s – 350s – 360s 370s 380s |
| Years: | 351 352 353 – 354 – 355 356 357 |
| 354 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 354 CCCLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1107 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5104 |
| Bengali calendar | −239 |
| Berber calendar | 1304 |
| Buddhist calendar | 898 |
| Burmese calendar | −284 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5862–5863 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3050 or 2990 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3051 or 2991 |
| Coptic calendar | 70–71 |
| Discordian calendar | 1520 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 346–347 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4114–4115 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 410–411 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 276–277 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3455–3456 |
| Holocene calendar | 10354 |
| Iranian calendar | 268 BP – 267 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 276 BH – 275 BH |
| Julian calendar | 354 CCCLIV |
| Korean calendar | 2687 |
| Minguo calendar | 1558 before ROC 民前1558年 |
| Seleucid era | 665/666 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 896–897 |
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Emperor Constantius II
Year 354 (CCCLIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Constantius (or, less frequently, year 1107 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 354 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
- Emperor Constantius II recalls his Caesar (and cousin) Constantius Gallus to Constantinople after hearing unfavorable reports about him. Gallus, Caesar of the East, has suppressed revolts in Palestine and central Anatolia. Constantius strips him of his powers and later has him executed in Pola (Croatia).
- The Roman Calendar of 354, an illuminated manuscript, is drawn up and becomes the earliest dated codex.
Europe
- As a result of the armies of the West having been largely withdrawn by the usurper Magnus Magnentius to fight Constantius II, hoards of barbarians (Franks and Alemanni) cross the upper Rhine into Gaul and invade the lands of the Helvetians.
- The Bulgars are first mentioned in extant European chronicles.
China
- Fu Sheng, emperor of the Former Qin, reigns in northern China.
By topic
Religion
- Libanius becomes a teacher of rhetoric in Antioch; his students include John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia.
Births
- Apa Bane, Christian hermit and saint (approximate date)
- November 13 – Augustine of Hippo, bishop and theologian (d. 430)
- Paulinus of Nola, bishop and poet (d. 431)
- Pelagius, British monk (approximate date)
Deaths
- Constantina, daughter of Constantine the Great
- Constantius Gallus, Caesar and son of Julius Constantius (b. 326)
- Princess Pei, wife of Chinese ruler Zhang Chonghua
- Xie Ai, general of the Chinese state Former Liang