__NOTOC__ Year 322 ( CCCXXII) was a

common year starting on Monday A common year starting on Monday is any non-leap year (i.e., a year with 365 days) that begins on Monday, 1 January, and ends on Monday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is G. The most recent year of such kind was 2018, and the next one ...

of the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception). The Julian calendar is still used as a religious calendar in parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church and in parts ...

. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probianus and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 1075 ''

Ab urbe condita ''Ab urbe condita'' (; 'from the founding of Rome, founding of the City'), or (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is ...

''). The denomination 322 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Technology

* The first dependable representation of a horse rider with paired

stirrups A stirrup is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap, often called a ''stirrup leather''. Stirrups are usually paired and are used to aid in mounting and as a support while using a riding animal ( ...

is found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, in a Jin Dynasty tomb.

Births

* Kang of Jin (or Shitong), Chinese emperor (d.

344 Year 344 ( CCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Leontius and Bonosus (or, less frequently, year 1097 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 344 for this y ...

) *

Xun Xian Xun Xian (322–359), courtesy name Lingze, was a Chinese military general of the Jin dynasty (266–420). Life Early life and career Xun Xian was the son of Xun Song and the brother of the heroine, Xun Guan. At the age of seven, he was ...

(or Lingze), Chinese general (d.

359 __NOTOC__ Year 359 (Roman numerals, CCCLIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eusebius and Hypatius (or, less frequently, year 1112 ''Ab urbe condita''). The ...

)

Deaths

Philogonius Philogonius (or ''Filogonius, Philogonus, Philogonios'', ; died 322) was a lawyer and an early Bishop of Antioch who came to be considered a saint. He opposed Arianism when that heresy emerged in Alexandria, Egypt. His feast day is 20 December. ...

(or Filogonius), bishop of

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...

Rabbah bar Rav Huna Rabbah bar Rav Huna was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the third generation (died 322). He was the son of Rav Huna, the head of the Academy of Sura. In the Talmudic Academy He was a man of true pietyShabbat 31a, ...

, Jewish

Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...

ist *

Xu Kan Xu Kan (died August 322) was a Chinese bandit and warlord during the Jin dynasty (266–420) and Sixteen Kingdoms period. Originally an outlaw, Xu Kan was made the Administrator of Taishan by Jin in 318 after driving out the position's initial ...

, Chinese bandit leader and warlord *

Yang Xianrong Yang Xianrong (羊獻容) (died 13 May 322), posthumous name (as honored by Former Zhao) Empress Xianwen (獻文皇后, literally "the wise and civil empress"), was an empress—uniquely in the history of China, for two different dynastic empire ...

, Chinese empress

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