World Timeline

[Bankowiata]

AD 322: The first dependable representation of a horse rider with paired stirrups is found in China, in a Jin Dynasty tomb.

 

[Czechosaxony]

AD 323:
Emperor Constantine the Great defeats the invading Goths and Sarmatians north of the Danube in Dacia, and claims the title of Sarmaticus Maximus.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 324: July 3 – Battle of Adrianople: Emperor Constantine the Great defeats his rival Licinius near Adrianople, forcing him to retreat to Byzantium. Constantine then invades Thrace with a Visigothic force and raids the countryside.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 325: First Council of Nicaea: Constantine I summons an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea (Turkey). The Nicene Creed, adopted on June 19, declares that the members of the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) are equal. The council decides that Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Arius is exiled to Illyria; his works are confiscated and consigned to the flames.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 326: September 14 (traditional date) – Helena, mother of Constantine I, discovers the so-called True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus's tomb) in Jerusalem. On her pilgrimage, she pauses on the Aegean island of Patmos, where she is said to found the church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 327: Construction begins on the Great Church of Antioch, which was completed in 341.

 

[Of The Tyrannical Frogs]

Athanasius is elected pope of Alexandria following the death of Alexander I.[3]

Also was a leap year 328 (CCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 329: The Han-Zhao dynasty, a Southern Xiongnu state during the Sixteen Kingdoms, ends.

 

[Of The Tyrannical Frogs]

AD 330: Emperor Constantine the Great dedicates the Column of Constantine and Constantinople,[1] or Nova Roma (modern-day Istanbul). He had spent four years expanding the city of Byzantium, having chosen the site for its strategic location on the Bosporus. The city is later the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 331: Eusebius of Caesarea writes the Onomasticon.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 332: Emperor Constantine I and his son Constantine II, aged 16, defeat the Goths in Moesia. The Goths become Roman allies and protect the Danube frontier.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 333: Shi Hong succeeds his father Shi Le as Emperor of the Later Zhao Empire, in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, but Shi Hong's third cousin Shi Hu holds the real power. Empress Dowager Liu (widow of Shi Le) fails to get rid of Shi Hu, and Shi Hu has her deposed and killed.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 334: Flavius Dalmatius puts down a revolt in Cyprus, led by Calocaerus. Calocaerus is brought to Tarsus (Cilicia), and executed.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 335: September 14 – Emperor Constantine I consecrates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

 

[Of The Tyrannical Frogs]

AD 336: The military successes of Emperor Constantine I result in most of Dacia being reconquered by the Roman Empire.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 337: King Shapur II of Persia begins a war against the Roman Empire. He sends his troops across the Tigris to recover Armenia and Mesopotamia.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 338: Tuoba Yihuai, ruler of the Tuoba Dai clan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tuoba Shiyiqian.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 339: Pope Julius gives refuge in Rome to the Alexandrian patriarch Athanasius, who is deposed and expelled during the First Synod of Tyre (see 335).

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 340: Constantinople, capital of Emperor Constantius II, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Rome, capital of his brother Constans I.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 341: Coptic Christianity is introduced into Ethiopia by the Syrian apostle Frumentius.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 342: A large earthquake strikes Cyprus.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 343: The Council of Serdica (in modern-day Sofia, Bulgaria) was convened.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 344: Gye becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 345: The Kadamba Dynasty (in India) is founded by Mayurasharma.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 346: The Visigoths are converted to Arianism by Wulfila.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 347: Li Shi, ruler of Cheng Han, fails in his attempt to halt a Jin expedition under Huan Wen. He flees to the capital Chengdu and surrenders his forces. Emperor Jin Mudi spares his life and makes him a marquess.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 348: In India, Samudragupta of the Gupta Empire defeats Rudrasena in battle.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 349: The Mou-jong (proto-Mongols) take control of North China.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 350: The church of Santa Constanza in Rome is finished.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 351: In India, a new process makes possible the extraction of sugar from sugarcane.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 352: The earliest sighting of a supernova occurs in China.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 353: Battle of Mons Seleucus: Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius, who commits suicide in Gaul in order to avoid capture. Constantius becomes sole emperor, and reunifies the Roman Empire.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 354: The Roman Calendar of 354, an illuminated manuscript, is drawn up and becomes the earliest dated codex.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 355: The Huns of Central Asia begin their great drive westwards with an advance into Scythia (modern Russia). They overcome and absorb the Alans, a nomadic and warlike horse breeding people from the steppes northeast of the Black Sea.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 356: The veneration of non-Christian images is banned in the Roman Empire.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 357: Saran, King of Ulster, is overthrown.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 358: The last universally binding decision, of the Great Sanhedrin, establishes a fixed Hebrew calendar.

 

[Bankowiata]

AD 359: The Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, in the Old St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, is made.

 

[Wilkshire]

AD 360: The Huns invade Europe by the thousands, spreading terror as they take over territories held for generations by Alans, Heruls, Ostrogoths and Visigoths.

 

[Lord Nwahs]

AD 361: A Julian the Apostate coin is issued. It is now kept at the British Museum, London.