341 Explained

Year 341 (CCCXLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus (or, less frequently, year 1094 ab Urbe condita). The denomination 341 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 or dates.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Constans I bans pagan sacrifices and magic rituals, under penalty of death.^[1]
• Constans I begins a successful campaign against the Franks.

India

• Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire, during a decade, extends his kingdom and his influence.^[2] A pillar found at Allahabad sings his praises.

By topic

Religion

• The Council of Encaenia is held in Antioch.^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Paul I is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople.^[6]
• Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.^[7]
• Coptic Christianity is introduced into Ethiopia by the Syrian apostle Frumentius. He and his colleague Aedesius ware captured by Ethiopians a year or two ago, and have become civil servants at the Aksumite court of King Ezana. Ezana is impressed with Frumentius' teachings and converts to Christianity.^{[8] [9]} Frumentius becomes the first Bishop of Axum and encourages the Christian merchants present in the country to practise their faith openly.^[10]

Births

• Ai of Jin (or Qianling), Chinese emperor (d. 365)^[11]

Deaths

• Asterius of Cappadocia, Christian theologian and writer
• Du Lingyang (or Du Ling), Chinese empress (b. 321)^[12]
• Eusebius of Nicomedia, archbishop of Constantinople^[13]
• Ge Hong (or Ko Hung), Chinese taoist (approximate date)^[14]
• Paul of Thebes, Christian hermit (approximate date)^[15]
• Potamon of Heraclea, Christian bishop and martyr^[16]

Notes and References

1. Hunt, David (1998). "The successors of Constantine". In Averil Cameron & Peter Garnsey (eds.). The Cambridge Ancient History XIII: The Late Empire, A.D. 337–425. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6-7.
2. Book: Tej Ram Sharma . A Political History of the Imperial Guptas: From Gupta to Skandagupta . Concept . 1989 . 978-81-7022-251-4 . 71–73.
3. Web site: Henry Wace: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. - Christian Classics Ethereal Library . 2024-06-09 . www.ccel.org.
4. Web site: Council of Antioch Description, History, & Facts Britannica . 2024-06-09 . www.britannica.com . en.
5. Web site: CHURCH FATHERS: Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (A.D. 341) . 2024-06-09 . www.newadvent.org.
6. http://www.bartleby.com/210/6/071.html Butler, Alban. The Lives of the Saints, Vol. VI, (1886)
7. Book: Butler, Alban . The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints . 1821 . 229–230 . 10 June 2024.
8. Harrower . Michael J. . Dumitru . Ioana A. . Perlingieri . Cinzia . Nathan . Smiti . Zerue . Kifle . Lamont . Jessica L. . Bausi . Alessandro . Swerida . Jennifer L. . Bongers . Jacob L. . Woldekiros . Helina S. . Poolman . Laurel A. . Pohl . Christie M. . Brandt . Steven A. . Peterson . Elizabeth A. . 2019 . Beta Samati: discovery and excavation of an Aksumite town . Antiquity . en . 93 . 372 . 1536 . 10.15184/aqy.2019.84 . 0003-598X.
9. Moore . Dale H. . 1939 . Christianity in Ethiopia . Church History . en . 5 . 3 . 272 . 10.2307/3160789 . 3160789 . 1755-2613 . JSTOR.
10. Adejumobi, Saheed A. (2007). The history of Ethiopia. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. p. 171.
11. [Fang Xuanling]
12. Web site: Adamek . P. . 11 September 2012 . A good son is sad if he hears the name of his father: the tabooing of names in China as a way of implementing social values . 9 June 2024 . Leiden University: Scholarly Publications . 145.
13. Web site: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eusebius of Nicomedia . 2024-06-09 . www.newadvent.org.
14. Wells . Matthew . 18 July 2013 . Self as Historical Artifact: Ge Hong and Early Chinese Autobiographical Writing . Early Medieval China . en . 2003 . 1 . 71–103 . 10.1179/152991003788138465 . 1529-9104.
15. Web site: Venerable Paul of Thebes . 2024-06-09 . www.oca.org.
16. Book: Butler, Alban . The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints . Edinburgh: J. Moir . 1798 . 264 . 9 June 2024.