World Timeline

[Wilkshire]

AD 282: The Patriarch Theonas of Alexandria becomes one of the first bishops to use the title Pope.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 283: Exploiting the Persian civil war, Carus leaves Carinus in charge of much of the Roman Empire and, accompanied by his younger son Numerian, invades the Sassanid Empire. They sack Seleucia and Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian kingdom, and they press on beyond the Tigris. For his victories, Carus receives the title of Persicus Maximus.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 284: Yurye becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 285: Maximian is sent to pacify Gaul, where the Bagaudae, a band of peasants, are revolting against the Roman Empire.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 286: Chaekgye becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 287: Around this time, the future emperor Constantius defeats and captures a Germanic king, the latter having prepared an ambush against the Romans.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 288: Emperor Diocletian launches a campaign into Germanic territory from the province of Raetia (Switzerland).

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 289: In this or the following year, Emperor Diocletian campaigns with success against the Sarmatians. The future emperor Galerius may have distinguished himself during this campaign.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 290: Following his victory over Emperor Maximian's fleet, the usurper Carausius invades the European mainland and re-establishes his military and administrative presence in northern Gaul.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 291: The Blemmyes invade the Kingdom of Kush.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 292: An uneasy peace is established between the emperors Diocletian and Maximian on the one hand, and the rival emperor Carausius on the other.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 293: King Bahram II of the Persian Empire dies after a 17-year reign; his son Bahram III ascends to the throne. After four months, Bahram III's great-uncle Narseh, the king of Persarmenia, marches on the Persian capital Ctesiphon with the support of a faction of the nobility and the eastern Satraps. Bahram is overthrown and Narseh is declared the new King of Kings.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 294: Tuoba Luguan succeeds his nephew Tuoba Fu, as chieftain of the Chinese Tuoba clan.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 295: Petra rejoins the province of Palestine, and is converted to Christianity by the Syrian monk Barsauma.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 296: Pope Caius dies after a 13-year reign and is succeeded by Marcellinus as the 29th pope of Rome.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 297: Diocletian watches over the Syrian provinces while Caesar Galerius makes preparations for a campaign against the Persian king Narseh. He recruits veterans from Illyria and Moesia, recruits new soldiers, and strengthens his army with Gothic mercenaries and the Armenian units of Tiridates III.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 298: The manufacture of cultured silk becomes popular from Korea to Japan.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 299: Diocletian expels Christians from the Roman army.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 300: The Panchatantra, a Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, is written in India.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 301: Emperor Diocletian issues a reform that revalues the Roman currency.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 302: Gregory the Illuminator is consecrated as Patriarch of Armenia by Leontius of Caesarea.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 303: In Mexico, the civilization of Teotihuacan flourishes.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 304: Pope Marcellinus dies at Rome after an 8-year reign. The papal throne will remain vacant until 308.

 

[Prydania]

AD 305
Roman Emperor Diocletian abdicates.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 306: The War of the Eight Princes ends in China.

 

[Czechosaxony]

AD 307
Emperor Galerius of Rome wins his second victory over the Sarmatians

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 308: The Han-Zhao Dynasty is established in northern China, marking the official inception of the long lasting Uprising of the Five Barbarians.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 309: Hormizd is succeeded by his infant son Shapur II following the brief reign and murder of Adur Narseh.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 310: Haelhae becomes the king of the Korean kingdom of Silla.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 311: Maximinus Daza and Licinius divide the Eastern Roman Empire between themselves.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 312: Emperor Maximinus Daza campaigns unsuccessfully against the Armenians.

 

[Of The Tyrannical Frogs]

AD 313: Rome agrees to treat the Christian population benevolently.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 314: A large Pictish raid southwards in Roman Britain is attempted.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 315: Crucifixion is abolished as punishment in the Roman Empire.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 316: The Xiongnu sack Chang'an, capital of the Chinese Western Jin Dynasty. Emperor Jin Mindi surrenders to Liu Yao.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 317: The earliest historically verified reference to tea is recorded, although the Chinese have been drinking the beverage for centuries.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 318: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great gives the ancient Roman town Drepana (Asia Minor) the name Helenopolis, after his mother Helena, and builds a church in honour of the martyr St. Lucian.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 319: King Chandragupta I succeeds his father Ghatotkacha, as ruler of the Gupta dynasty.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 320: Crispus, eldest son of Constantine I, leads a victorious campaign against the Franks, assuring twenty years of peace along the Rhine frontier. He establishes his residence in Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier), capital of Germania.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 321: March 7 - Constantine I signs legislation directing urban residents to refrain from work, and businesses to be closed, on the "venerable day of the Sun". An exception is made for agriculture.