345 CE

Merchant Knai Thomman and 400 followers visit the Malabar Coast in Kerala (India), and assist the church there. Constans orders the Basilica di Santa Tecla to be constructed in Milan. The Kadamba Dynasty is founded by Mayurasharma.

In the 340s, the 4th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The Kadamba Dynasty is founded by Mayurasharma.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Merchant Knai Thomman and 400 followers visit the Malabar Coast in Kerala (India), and assist the church there.source

Religion & Belief

  • Constans orders the Basilica di Santa Tecla to be constructed in Milan.source

Births

  • Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Roman consul and intellectual (died 402)source
  • Tyrannius of Aquileia, historian and theologian (approximate date)source
  • Afranius Syagrius, Roman politician and administratorsource
  • Evagrius Ponticus, Christian monk and ascetic (died 399)source

Deaths

  • February 4 – Abraham of Arbela, Persian bishop and martyr (approximate date)source
  • April 6 – Shemon Bar Sabbae – Persian Orthodox priest and saintsource
  • April 6 – Abdecalas – Persian Orthodox priest and saintsource
  • June 16 – Patriarch Gregory of Cappadociasource
  • August 27 – Narnus, Roman Catholic bishop and saintsource
  • November 20 – Abiatha, Hathes and Mamlacha, Syrian Orthodox priests, virgins, martyrs and saintssource
  • Abdisho, member of the Church of the Eastsource
  • Aphrahat, Syrian Orthodox priest and saintsource
  • Stephen I of Antioch, Byzantine bishop and saintsource