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Ethiopia holds Yemen and the
Hadramaut (-378)
Palava rule in south India
(-800)
Teotihuacan Empire (-600)
Maximian
...
(Western
Roman
Empire)
(286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus
... (Western Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Diocletian
...
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(284-305) Augustus
Galerius
...
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(293-305) Caesar
Vasubandhu
300-350
301
Edict
of Maximum Prices
Maximian
...
(Western Roman
Empire)
(286-305)
co-Augustus
Constantius
"Chlorus ... (Western Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Diocletian
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(284-305)
Augustus
Galerius
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
302
Maximian
...
(Western Roman
Empire)
(286-305)
co-Augustus
Constantius
"Chlorus ... (Western Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Diocletian
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(284-305)
Augustus
Galerius
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Narses
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(293-302) Narseh
Ormizd
II
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(302-309)
303
Diocletian
orders general persecution of Christians
Maximian
...
(Western Roman
Empire)
(286-305)
co-Augustus
Constantius
"Chlorus ... (Western Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Diocletian
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(284-305)
Augustus
Galerius
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
304
Maximian
...
(Western Roman
Empire)
(286-305)
co-Augustus
Constantius
"Chlorus ... (Western Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Diocletian
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(284-305)
Augustus
Galerius
...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(293-305)
Caesar
Marcellinus
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(296-) 28th
Roman Pope
Porphyry
232-304
305
Diocletian and Maximian
abdicate - a power struggle follows
Antony organizes Christian
hermits in Egypt
Maximian
-
(Western
Roman
Empire)
(286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus
...+ (Western Roman
Empire)
(293-305)(305-306) Caesar/co-Augustus
Severus
+
(Western
Roman
Empire)
(305-306) Caesar
Diocletian
-
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(284-305) Augustus
Galerius
...+
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(293-305)(305-310) Caesar/Augustus
Maximinus
+
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(305-308) Caesar (n. Galerius)
306
Constantius Chlorus Emperor
of the Western Roman Empire dies (7/25/306)
Maxentius is proclaimed
emperor of the West by cohort of imperial guardsman in Rome (10/28/306)
Constantine proclaimed
Augustus of the West at York as per Constantius' dying wish
Galerius proclaims Severus
as Augustus in the West
Constantius "Chlorus - (Western
Roman Empire)
(293-305)(305-306) Caesar/co-Augustus
Severus
...+
(Western
Roman
Empire)
(305-306)(306-307) Caesar/Augustus
Constantine I
+
(Western
Roman Empire)
(306-309) Caesar
Maxentius
+
(Western
Roman Empire)
(306-312) Augustus
Maximian
+
(Western
Roman
Empire)
(306)2 co-Augustus with
Maxentius
Galerius
...
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(293-305)(305-310) Caesar/Augustus
Maximinus
...
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(305-308) Caesar (n. Galerius)
307
Marcellus is appointed the
new Bishop of Rome
308
Galerius elevates Licinius
to the rank of Augustus in the West (11/11/308)
Maximin
+
(Roman
Empire)
Licinius
+
(Roman
Empire)
(308-324)appointed Emperor of
West
Marcellus
I
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(-309) 29th
Roman Pope
309
Ormizd II
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(302-309)
Shapur II
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(309-379)
Marcellus I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(308-309) 29th Roman Pope
Eusebius +
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(309-310) 30th Roman Pope
310
Galerius
-
(Roman
Empire)
(305-310) joint emperor
Frode III
-
(Denmark)
(270-310) the
Pacific
Halfdan I
+
(Denmark)
(310-324)
Eusebius
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(309-310) 30th
Roman Pope
Appollinaris
310-390
Bishop
of Laodicae (315-)
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
c310-395 Poet/Rhetorician
(Burdigala/Bordeaux)
311
Miltiades
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(311-314) 31st
Roman Pope
Ulfilas
(Wulfila)
311-383
Bishop
(Gothic Arian)
312
Battle of Milvian Bridge -
Constantine defeats and kills Maxentius - converts to Christianity after vision (10/28/312)
Constantine's conquest of
Italy
Maxentius
-
(Roman
Empire)
(306-312)
313
Battle of Tzirallum -
Licinius defeats Maximinus
Edict of Milan (Toleration)
- Constantine I allows Christianity in the Empire
Maximin
-
(Roman
Empire)
(308-313)
314
Constantine I abolishes the
Praetorian Guard
Miltiades
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(311-314) 31st Roman Pope
St. Sylvester I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(314-335) 32nd Roman Pope
315
Athanasius, the Bishop of
Alexandria, identifies the 27 Books of the canon of New Testament
scripture
144 public toilets installed
in Rome
St. Hilary of
Poitiers
315-368
Bishop/Doctor
of the Church
316
WESTERN JIN
-
(265-316)
Hsiung-nu sack Chinese
capital Chang-an for second time
Loss of northern China
317
EASTERN JIN +
China divides again (-589)
318
319
Chandra Gupta I
+
(Gupta
Dynasty)
(319-335)
320
Gupta monarchs reunite N.
India (-535)
Pachomius first monastery
321
322
St. Peter's Church
construction in Rome
323
Constantine moves capital to
Byzantium
324
Constantine defeats Licinius
Constantine becomes sole
emperor - reunites Roman Empire
Licinius
-
(Roman
Empire)
(308-324)
Halfdan I
-
(Denmark)
(310-)
Fridlief III
+
(Denmark)
(-348)
325
First Council of Nicaea -
Nicaean Creed
Nicean Creed - makes
theological theory an article of faith encorced by imperial government
Kingdom of Axum converts to
Christianity (328)
326
Constantine executes his
son, Crispus
327
Constantine executes his
wife Faustus - boiled alive
Shapur II begins a vicious
persecution against the Christians in Persia - Sts. Jonah and
Berikjesus
martyred
328
Saint Athanasius
+
(Patriarchate
of
Alexandria)
(328-373)
Valens
328-378
(Cibalae)
329
Gregory of
Nazianus
329-390
Theologian
(Caesaria, Cappadocia)
Basil the
Great
329-379
Prelate/Bishop
(Caesaria, Cappadocia)
330
Dedication of Constantinople
- (former Byzantium) ready for occupancy - becomes imperial residence
Juvencus (Caius Vettius
Aquilinus)
fl.
330
Spanish
Priest/Poet
Ammianus
Marcellinus
330-395
Iamblichus
270-330
331
Constantine expropriates the
properties of the pagan temples
Constantine's endowments of
Christian churches
Eusebius' fusion of
classical and Biblical historiographic traditions
332
Julian the
Apostate
332-363
333
334
335
Chandra Gupta I
-
(Gupta
Dynasty)
(319-)
Samudra Gupta
+
(Gupta
Dynasty)
(330)
St. Sylvester I
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(314-335)
Gregory of
Nyssa
335-394
336
Arius dies
Marcus
+-
*****
Arius
256-336
337
Constantine is baptized a
Christian on his deathbed
Forty year peace between
Roman Empire and Persia is broken by Shapur II
Constantine I
-
(Roman
Empire)
(306-337)
Conatantine II
+
(Roman
Empire)
(337-340) son of Constantine
Constans
+
(Roman
Empire)
(337-350) son of Constantine
Constantius II
+
(Roman
Empire)
(337-361) son of Constantine
Julius I
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(337-352)
338
Constantius intervenes
against the Persians under Shapur II in Armenia
Conatantine II
...
(Roman
Empire in the
West)
(337-340)
son of Constantine
Constans
...
(Roman
Empire in the
Middle)
(337-350)
son of Constantine
Constantius II
...
(Roman
Empire in the
East)
(337-361)
son of Constantine
Ezana
...
(Axumite
Kingdom)
(330-356)
King
?????????
(Kingdom
of
Armenia)
(???-???)
King
Shapur II
...
(Sassanian
Empire)
(309-379)
Emperor
Samudra Gupta
...
(Gupta
Empire)
(335-380)
Emperor
?????????
(Pallava
Kingdom)
(???-???)
King
?????????
(Pyu
City States)
Cheng
...
(Eastern
Jin
Dynasty)
(326-342)
Murong Huang
...
(Former
Yan
Kingdom)
(337-348)
King
Shi Hu
...
(Later
Zhao
Kingdom)
(334-349)
King
Li Qi
-
(Cheng
Han
Kingdom)
(334-338)
King (Cheng)
Li Shou
+
(Cheng
Han
Kingdom)
(338-343)
King (Han)
Zhang Jun
...
(Former
Liang
Kingdom)
(326-346)
King
????????
(Funan
Kingdom)
(???-???)
Julius I
...
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(337-352)
Pope
Paul I
-
(Patriarchate
of Constantinople)
(336-338)1
Orthodox
Eusebius of Nicomedia +
(Patriarchate
of Constantinople)
(338-341)
Arian
Athanasius
...
(Patriarchate
of
Alexandria)
(328-373)
Pope
339
340
Constans becomes sole
Emperor in the Western Empire after defeating and killing his brother
Constantine II
Constantine II
-
(Roman
Empire)
(337-)
Constans
...+
(Western
Roman
Empire)
(337-350)(340-350)
Sole western emperor
Eusebius of Vercelli
+
(Vercelli)
Bishop
Ambrose
340-397
Symmachus
340-402
Eusebius of
Caesarea
265-340
Lactantius
260-340
341
Council of Antioch
Coptic Chistianity arrives
in Ethiopia
342
343
344
Kumarajiva
344-413
345
Jerome
345-420
Ecclesiastical
Intellectual
346
Monasticism established in
Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor
Pachomius dies
347
Theodosius the
Great
347-395
(Cauca,
Spain)
348
Defense against the Arians
(Athanasius)
Fridlief III
-
(Denmark)
(324-348)
Frode IV
+
(Denmark)
(348-407)
349
350
Persians capture Armenia
from Rome
Christianity reaches
Ethiopia (Axum) - King Ezana converts
Meroe overrun by armies of
neighboring Axum - a rising kingdom in the southeast of Kush
Constans
-
(Roman
Empire in the
West)
(337-350)
Magnentius
+
(Roman
Empire)
(350-353)
usurper of
Constans' throne
Ambrosian Chant
Theodore of
Mopsuestia
350-428
Theologian/Bishop
(Syria)
Vasubandhu
300-350
351
Constantius reunites Roman
Empire
Julian attempts to
reintroduce paganism instead of Christianity (361)
Apollo expelled from Daphne
by the relics of St. Bablylas
352
Julius I
-
(337-)
Liberius
+
(-366)
353
Magnentius
-
(Roman
Empire)
(350-)
354
St. Augustine (Aurelius
Augustinus)
354-430
Ecclesiastical
Intellectual
355
Felix
(antipope)
+
(-365)
356
Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers,
is banished to Phrygia
357
Julian defeats the Alemanni
Basil the Great withdraws to
a retreat in Pontus
Funan becomes a vassal state
of China (which
kingdom?)
358
Discourses Against the Arians
(Athanasius)
359
Jewish calendar committed to
writing by Hillel II
360
Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers,
returns from exile in Phrygia to Poitiers
361
Julian the Apostate restores
the priviliges of paganism (-363)
Empress Jingo of Japan
invades Korea (-390)
Constantius II
-
(Roman
Empire)
(337-)
Julian the Apostate
+ (Roman
Empire)
(-363)
362
Julian outlaws Christianity
363
Julian the Apostate defeated
and killed by the Persians
Jovianus surrenders
Mesopotamia to the Persians
Peace with the Persia
Julian the Apostate
-
(Roman
Empire)
(361-) (defeated and killed by
the Persians)
Jovian
+
(Roman
Empire)
(-364)
364
Basil the Great becomes
counselor to Eusebius, bishop of Caesaria
Jovian -
(Roman
Empire)
(363-)
Valentinian I
+
(Roman
Empire)
(-375) West
Valens
+
(Roman
Empire)
(-378) East
365
Felix
(antipope)
-
(355-)
366
Liberius
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(352-366)
Damasus
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-384)
Ursinus (antipope)
+
(-367)
367
Ursinus
(antipope)
-
(366-)
368
Valens at war with the Goths
St. Hilary of
Poitiers
315-368
Bishop/Doctor
of the Church
369
Roman general Theodosius
drives the Picts and Scots out of Roman Britain
Japanese invade southern
Korea and intervene in Korean politics of the three kingdoms
370
Huns invade Europe from Asia
Eusebius
-
(Caesarea)
Bishop
Basil the Great
+
(Caesarea)
Bishop
Alaric
370-410
King
of the Visigoths
Claudian
370-404
Poet
(Alexandria)
371
St. Martin
of Tours
+
(Bishopric
of
Tours)
(-397) Bishop
Valentinian
II
371-
372
Buddhism enters Korea
Saint Athanasius
-
(Patriarchate
of
Alexandria)
(-373)
373
Saint
Athanasius
297-373
374
Theodosius the Great
campaigns against the Sarmatians along the Danube
St. Ambrose
+
(Bishopric
of
Milan)
(-379) Bishop
375
Valentinian I
-
(Roman
Empire)
(364-)
Gratian
+
(Roman
Empire)
(-383)
Valentinian II
+
(Roman
Empire)
(-392)
376
Valens allows Visigoths to
cross Danube
Former Qin unites northern
China
377
Emperor Valens and Emperor
Gratian combine against Visigoth and Ostrogoth armies along the Danube
Goths move into Thracia
378
Battle of Adrianople -
Valens defeated and killed by Goths (8/9/378)
Tikal conquers Uaxactun
(Maya)
Valens -
(Roman
Empire)
(364-) (killed at Battle of
Adrianople)
Germanus
378-488
Valens
328-378
(Cibalae)
379
Theodosius I the Great +
(Eastern Roman Empire)
(379-395)
Shapur II
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(309-)
Ardashir II
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-383)
St. Ambrose
-
(Bishopric
of
Milan)
(374-) Bishop
Gregory of Nazianus
+
(Constantinople)
Bishop
Saint Basil the
Great
329-379
Prelate/Bishop
(Caesarea, Cappadocia)
380
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Samudra Gupta
-
(Gupta
Dynasty) (375) (376)
Chandra Gupta II
+
(Gupta
Dynasty)
(-415) (375) Vikramaditya (Sun
of Power)
381
Council of Constantinople -
Doctrine of the Trinity completed - Constantinople added as fourth
patriarchate
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
382
Jerome translates Greek New
Testament into Latin - Latin Vulgate
Altar of Victory removed
from Roman Senate
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
383
Roman legions begin evacuation
of Britain
Magnus Maximus conquers
Spain and Gaul
Battle of Fei River (Fei
Shui) - Eastern Jin decisively defeats Former Qin - latter falls into
civil war
Gratian
-
(Roman
Empire)
(373-)
Maximus +
(Roman
Empire)
(-388) Magnus (usurper in West)
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Ardashir II
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(379-)
Shapur III
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-388)
Ulfilas
(Wulfila)
311-383
384
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Damasus
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(366-)
Siricius
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-399)
Honorius
384-423
Emperor
(Roman)
385
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
386
NORTHERN WEI
+
(NORTH)
Arians besiege Milan
To-pa invaders in Northern
China
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
387
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
388
Theodosius captures Magnus
Maximus and executes him
Maximus
-
(Roman
Empire)
(383-) (usurper in West)
executed
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Shapur III
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(383-)
Bahram IV
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-399)
389
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Saint
Patrick
389-461
390
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Gaiseric
390-477
King
of the Vandals
Appollinaris
310-390
Gregory of
Nazianus
329-390
Saint
(Caesaria)
391
Theodosius I prohibits all
pagan worship
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
392
Edict of Constantinople -
outlaw pagan worship
Valentinian II
-
(Roman
Empire)
(375-)
Eugenius
+
(Roman
Empire)
(-394) usurper in the West
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
393
Theodosius I the Great ...
(Eastern Roman
Empire)
(379-395)
Theodoret
393-458
Churchman/Theologian
(Syria)
394
Theodosius briefly reunites
Roman Empire
Eugenius
-
(Roman
Empire)
(392-) usurper in the West
Theodosius I the Great ...+
(Re-united Roman
Empire)
(379-395)(394-395)
Gregory of
Nyssa
335-394
395
Roman Empire divided
Rufinus, Western Roman
Empire high minister is assassinated, possibly on order by Slilicho
Stilicho, Vandal leader of
the East Roman forces drives Visigoths out of Greece (-397)
Theodosius I the
Great-
(Re-united Roman
Empire)
(379-395)(394-395)
Honorius
+
(Western
Roman Empire)
(395-423)(s. Theodosius I the Great)
Arcadius +
(Eastern
Roman
Empire)
(-408)
Ammianus
Marcellinus
330-395
Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
c310-395 Poet/Rhetorician
(Burdigala/Bordeaux)
396
St. Augustine becomes Bishop
of Hippo
Honorius
...
(Western
Roman Empire)
(395-423) (s. Theodosius I the Great)
Aetius
396-454
Roman
General
397
Honorius
...
(Western
Roman Empire)
(395-423) (s. Theodosius I the Great)
St. Martin
of Tours
-
(Bishopric
of
Tours)
(371-) Bishop
St.
Ambrose
340-397
St. Martin of
Tours
316-397
Bishop
of Tours
398
Honorius marries Stilicho's
daughter
Evagrius, rival claimant to
the Antioch patriarchate, dies, Flavian succeeds - ending the Antioch
Schism
Honorius
...
(Western
Roman Empire)
(395-423) (s. Theodosius I the Great)
Flavian of Antioch
+
(Patriarchate
of Antioch)
399
Fa Hsien embarks on his
pilgrimage from the Wei River to Gupta India of Chandra Gupta II (-405)
Honorius
...
(Western
Roman Empire)
(395-423) (s. Theodosius I the Great)
Bahram IV
-
(Sassanian
Empire)
(388-)
Yazdegerd I
+
(Sassanian
Empire)
(-420)
Siricius
-
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(384-)
Anastasius
+
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(-401)
300
310
320
330
340
350
360
370
380
390
301
311
321
331
341
351
361
371
381
391
302
312
322
332
342
352
362
372
382
392
303
313
323
333
343
353
363
373
383
393
304
314
324
334
344
354
364
374
384
394
305
315
325
335
345
355
365
375
385
395
306
316
326
336
346
356
366
376
386
396
307
317
327
337
347
357
367
377
387
397
308
318
328
338
348
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