343
title: "343" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["343"] topic_path: "general/343" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/343" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
NOTOC Year 343 (CCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Memmius and Romulus (or, less frequently, '*year 1096 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 343 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
- The Western Roman Emperor Constans I is in Britain, possibly in a military campaign against the Picts and Scots (the last visit to Britain by a legitimate emperor).
- The Eastern Roman Emperor Constantius II campaigns in Adiabene, a vassal kingdom of Armenia (Persian Empire).
By topic
Religion
- Pope Julius I tries to unite the Western bishops against Arianism by convoking the Council of Serdica, which acknowledges the pope's supreme authority and grants him the right to judge cases involving the legal possession of episcopal sees, but only Western and Egyptian bishops attend, and Arianism remains strong.
Births
- Fu Deng, Chinese emperor of the Di state Former Qin (d. 394)
- Jin Mudi, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (d. 361)
- Xiao Wenshou (or Xiaoyi), Chinese empress dowager (d. 423)
- Xie Xuan, Chinese general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 388)
Deaths
- December 6 – Saint Nicholas (or Santa Claus) (b. 270)
- Li Shou (or Wukao), Chinese emperor of Cheng Han (b. 300)
References
References
- Norwich, John Julius (1989) ''Byzantium: The Early Centuries'', Guild Publishing, p. 81n
- (6 December 2017). "St Nicholas: Top 10 facts about Father Christmas".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::