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Events

By Place

Asia

• Jinsa of Baekje becomes king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje

Africa

• Copper extraction and casting begins in Kansanshi in southernmost Africa, at the border of Zaire and Zambia.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

• Ammianus Marcellinus begins writing a history, in the style of Tacitus, covering the years 96 CE to 378.

Religion

• The Serapeum in Alexandria is destroyed.
• Theophilus of Alexandria becomes patriarch of Alexandria.
• Pope Siricius issues a decretal, pointing out the primacy of Rome and the priestly obligation of celibacy.

Births

• Saint Patrick, missionary in Ireland (approximate date)
• Orosius, historian and theologian (approximate date)
• Emperor Gong of Jin China
• Xie Lingyun, chinese author

Deaths

• Priscillian, Spanish theologian, the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy
• Aelia Flaccilla, wife of Roman Emperor Theodosius I
• Pulcheria, daughter of Theodorius and Aelia Flacilla
• Chimnyu of Baekje, king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje
• Ausonius, Roman poet

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