328 Explained

Year 328 (CCCXXVIII) 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 Ianuarinus and Iustus (or, less frequently, year 1081 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 328 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

• July 5  - Constantine's Bridge, built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria), is officially opened by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius.^[1]
• December 7  - Lakhmid king Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr dies. His epitaph, the Namara inscription, is an important source for the Arabic Language.^[2]

By topic

Religion

• May 9  - Athanasius is elected pope of Alexandria following the death of Alexander I.^[3]

Births

• Flavius Julius Valens, Roman emperor (d. 378)
• Huan Chong, Chinese general and governor (d. 384)
• Yuan Hong, Chinese historian and politician (d. 376)

Deaths

• Alexander I, pope and patriarch of Alexandria
• Papa (or Papa bar Aggai), Sassanid bishop
• Su Jun, Chinese general and politician
• Yu Wenjun, Chinese empress (b. 297)

Notes and References

1. Book: Giurescu . Constantin C. . Chronological History of Romania . Matei . Horia C. . 1974 . Editura enciclopedică română . 1974 . 34 . en . Constantin Giurescu (historian).
2. Bellamy . James A. . 1985 . A New Reading of the Namārah Inscription . Journal of the American Oriental Society . 105 . 1 . 31–51 . 10.2307/601538 . 601538 . 0003-0279.
3. Book: Leithart, Peter J. . Athanasius . 2011 . Baker Academic . 2011 . 978-0-8010-3942-3 . 8 . en.