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Year '''358''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCLVIII]]''') 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 Datianus and [[Neratius Cerealis|Cerealis]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1111 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 358 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constantius II]] builds new forts to secure upper [[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Mesopotamia]]. Persia's king [[Shapur II]] sends an [[Diplomat|emissary]] to [[Constantinople]] with gifts and a letter wrapped in white [[silk]]. He requests that Constantius return the lands of his ancestors from the [[Euphrates]] to the frontier of [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]]. Constantius tactfully refuses to cede any territories.
* The [[Salian Franks]] capitulate to [[Julian the Apostate]] in [[Gaul]]. He allows them to form a Roman ''[[foederati]]'' in [[Toxandria]]. Frankish settlers  are established in areas in the north and the east to help with the defense of the [[Rhine]] frontier.
* An invasion of [[Pannonia]] by the [[Quadi]] and the [[Sarmates]] is repulsed by Constantius II.
* [[August 24]] &mdash; An [[earthquake]] destroys [[Nicomedia]], and damages 150 cities in [[Diocese of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Diocese of Asia|Asia]] and [[Diocese of Pontus|Pontus]].<ref name="Lenski2002">{{cite book|author=Noel Emmanuel Lenski|title=Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oW0lDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA386|year=2002|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-23332-4|pages=386–}}</ref>
=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Constantius II recalls [[Pope Liberius]] to [[Rome]], where he receives a joyous welcome from the [[Christians]]. [[Antipope Felix II]] prudently retires to his estate near [[Porto]] ([[Portugal]]).
* [[Eudoxius of Antioch|Eudoxius]] becomes [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch]].
* The last universally binding decision, of the [[Great Sanhedrin]], establishes a fixed [[Hebrew calendar]].
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== Births ==
* [[Aignan of Orleans]], Christian bishop (d. [[453]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Princess Duan (Murong Chui's wife)|Duan]], Chinese princess and wife of [[Murong Chui]]
* [[Paulinus of Trier]], Christian [[bishop]] and [[saint]]
== References ==
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