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Year '''342''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXLII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Claudius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1095 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 342 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constans|Constans I]] campaigns in [[Roman Britain|Britain]] against the Picts.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Imagining emperors in the Later Roman Empire |date=2018 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-37092-0 |editor-last=Burgersdijk |editor-first=D. W. P. |series=Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean |location=Leiden Boston |pages=173 |editor-last2=Ross |editor-first2=Alan}}</ref>
* Constans I campaigns victoriously against the Franks.

==== Asia ====
* A large earthquake strikes [[Roman Cyprus|Cyprus]].
* [[Goguryeo]] is invaded by [[Murong Huang]] of the [[Xianbei]].
* [[Emperor Kang of Jin|Jin Kangdi]] succeeds his brother [[Emperor Cheng of Jin|Jin Chengdi]] as emperor of [[China]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Paul I of Constantinople|Paul I]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]], is deposed and replaced by [[Macedonius I of Constantinople|Macedonius I]].
* [[February 15]] &ndash; The original [[Hagia Sophia]] is dedicated in [[Constantinople]].
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== Births ==
* [[Emperor Fei of Jin|Fei of Jin]] (or '''Sima Yi'''), Chinese emperor (d. [[386]])

== Deaths ==
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Emperor Cheng of Jin|Chen of Jin]] (or '''Sima Yan'''), Chinese emperor (b. [[321]])
* [[Barsabias]], Christian [[abbot]], missionary and martyr
* [[Paul of Thebes]], Christian [[hermit]] (approximate date)
* [[Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis VI]], Roman client king

== References ==
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