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After defeating  Magnentius in the Battle of Mons Seleucus ...  | 
... Constantius II rules over the entire Roman Empire. | 
| 353 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 345/346 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 896/897 (southern Buddhism); 895/896 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) | 
| Chinese calendar | 50th (51st) cycle , year of the water buffalo癸丑 ( at the beginning of the year water rat 壬子) | 
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 282nd / 1st year of the 283rd Olympiad | 
| Jewish calendar | 4113/14 (September 15/16) | 
| Coptic calendar | 69/70 | 
| Roman calendar | ab urbe condita MCVI (1106); Diocletian Era : 69/70 (New Year November) | 
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 663/664 (turn of the year April); Syria: 664/665 (New Year October) | 
| Spanish era | 391 | 
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 409/410 (turn of the year April) | 
Events
Politics and world events
- July 3 : After his final victory over Magnentius in the battle of Mons Seleucus , Constantius II rules over the entire Roman Empire .
 - Around 353 Bonn is destroyed by the Franks .
 
religion
There are also conflicts in the religious field . Christological questions heat the minds while the argument between Arians and Orthodox continues to smolder. Constantius took the side of the Arians and had Athanasius , the leader of the Orthodox, condemned at the Synod of Arles . Athanasius had to spend the next few years underground, only Julian , the pagan-minded successor of Constantius, allowed him to return to Alexandria in 362 .
Culture
- Late spring: Wang Xizhi , one of the most important Chinese calligraphers , writes the collection of poems Orchid Pavilion .
 
Died
- August 10 : Magnentius , Roman usurper
 - August 18th : Decentius , Roman usurper
 - 353 or beginning of 354 : Thalassius , Praetorian prefect