356

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	330s 340s 350s 360s 370s
Years:	353 354 355 356 357 358 359

356 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	356 CCCLVI
Ab urbe condita	1109
Assyrian calendar	5106
Balinese saka calendar	277–278
Bengali calendar	−237
Berber calendar	1306
Buddhist calendar	900
Burmese calendar	−282
Byzantine calendar	5864–5865
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3053 or 2846     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3054 or 2847
Coptic calendar	72–73
Discordian calendar	1522
Ethiopian calendar	348–349
Hebrew calendar	4116–4117
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	412–413
- Shaka Samvat	277–278
- Kali Yuga	3456–3457
Holocene calendar	10356
Iranian calendar	266 BP – 265 BP
Islamic calendar	274 BH – 273 BH
Javanese calendar	238–239
Julian calendar	356 CCCLVI
Korean calendar	2689
Minguo calendar	1556 before ROC 民前1556年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1112
Seleucid era	667/668 AG
Thai solar calendar	898–899
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 482 or 101 or −671     — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 483 or 102 or −670

Year 356 (CCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (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 Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 1109 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 356 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

• February 19 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire, and ordering the banishment once again of the anti-Arian patriarch of Alexandria, Athanasius. He tries to have him arrested during a vigil service, but Athanasius flees to the Nitrian desert in Upper Egypt.
• The veneration of non-Christian images is banned in the Roman Empire.
• Siege of Autun: Julian receives a report that Augustodunum (Autun) is under attack by the Alemanni. The city walls are in poor state and in danger of falling.
• Battle of Reims: Julian is defeated by the Alemanni at Reims (Gaul).
• Battle of Brumath: Roman forces pursue Germanic warbands through the Gallic countryside. Julian wins an open battle near Brumath (Alsace).
• Rhaetia (Switzerland) is invaded by the Alemanni.
• Winter – Siege of Senonae: Julian over-winters at Senonae (Bourgogne). German federated troops (foederati) desert and hostile warbands besiege the town.

Asia

• Naemul becomes king of the Silla dynasty (Three Kingdoms of Korea).

By topic

Religion

Anthony the Great

• Anthony the Great (pictured) dies at his hermitage near the Red Sea in mid-January at age 105 (approximate), having preached against Arianism, and having tried to codify guidelines for monastic life. His followers subsequently establish the Monastery of Saint Anthony, beginning the tradition of Coptic monasticism.
• Construction begins on the first basilica of Saint Peter in Rome.

Births

• 31 March – Aelia Flaccilla, Roman empress and wife of Theodosius I (d. 386)
• John II, Byzantine bishop, theologian and writer (d. 417)

Deaths

• Amasius of Teano, bishop Teano (also known as St. Paris)
• Anthony the Great, Egyptian monk and Desert Father
• Cai Mo (or Daoming), Chinese official and politician (b. 281)
• Qiang (or Mingde), Chinese empress and wife of Fú Jiàn
• Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak, Babylonian scholar and rabbi
• Sanctinus of Meaux, French bishop and missionary (b. 270)
• Vetranio, Roman statesman, usurper and co-emperor
• Yin Hao (or Yuanyuan), Chinese general and politician