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Roman Empire

• February
  February
  February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four...
  
  —Conference at Milan: Constantine issues the Edict of Milan
  Edict of Milan
  The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by emperors Constantine I and Licinius that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire...
  
  , ending all persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first emperor,...
  
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• April 30—Licinius
  Licinius
  Valerius Licinianus Licinius was Roman emperor from 308 to 324.Of Dacian peasant origin, born in Moesia Superior, Licinius accompanied his close childhood friend, the Emperor Galerius, on the Persian expedition in 297. After the death of Flavius Valerius Severus, Galerius elevated Licinius to the...
  
   becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, defeating Maximinus
  Maximinus
  Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus Roman emperor from 308 to 313, was originally named Daia. He was born of peasant stock to the half sister of the Roman emperor Galerius near their family lands around Felix Romuliana; a rural area now in the Danubian region of Serbia, then the newly reorganised...
  
   at the battle of Tzirallum
  Battle of Tzirallum
  The Battle of Tzirallum was one of the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy fought in 313 near Heraclea between the Roman armies of emperors Licinius and Maximinus.-Background:...
  
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Religion

• October 2—Lateran Synod
  Lateran council
  The Lateran councils were ecclesiastical councils or synods of the Catholic Church held at Rome in the Lateran Palace next to the Lateran Basilica. Ranking as a papal cathedral, this became a much-favored place of assembly for ecclesiastical councils both in antiquity and more especially during...
  
  : Donatism is declared a heresy
  Christian heresy
  Heresy is the rejection of one or more established beliefs of a religious body, or adherence to "other beliefs." Christian heresy refers to unorthodox practices and beliefs that were deemed to be heretical by one or more of the Christian churches. The term "heresy" most commonly refers to those...
  
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• Arius
  Arius
  Arius was a Berber Christian priest from Alexandria, Egypt in the early fourth century whose teachings, now called Arianism, were deemed heretical by the Church....
  
   preaches of the human nature of Jesus
  Jesus
  Jesus of Nazareth —also known as Jesus Christ or occasionally Jesus the Christ—is the central figure of Christianity. Within most Christian denominations...
  
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Deaths

• Maximinus
  Maximinus
  Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus Roman emperor from 308 to 313, was originally named Daia. He was born of peasant stock to the half sister of the Roman emperor Galerius near their family lands around Felix Romuliana; a rural area now in the Danubian region of Serbia, then the newly reorganised...
  
  , Roman Emperor
  Roman Emperor
  The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator , augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it...
  
   (b. 270
  270
  -Roman Empire:* Quintillus briefly holds power over the Roman Empire, and is succeeded by Aurelian.* The Vandals and Sarmatians are driven out of Roman territory.* The Romans leave Utrecht after regular invasions of Germanic peoples....
  
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• Achillas
  Achillas of Alexandria
  Pope Achillas of Alexandria was the eighteenth Pope of Alexandria between 312 and 313....
  
  , Patriarch of Alexandria
  Patriarch of Alexandria
  The Patriarch of Alexandria is the Archbishop of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation of Pope , and did so earlier than that of the Bishop of Rome...
  
  
• Diocletian
  Diocletian
  Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus , born Diocles and commonly known as Diocletian , was Roman Emperor from 20 November 284 to 1 May 305. Born to a Dalmatian family of low status, he rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the emperor Carus...
  
  
• Emperor Huai of Jin
  Emperor Huai of Jin
  Emperor Huai of Jin, sim. ch. 晋怀帝, trad. ch. 晉懷帝, py. Jìn Huáidì, wg. Chin Huai-ti , personal name Sima Chi , courtesy name Fengdu , was an emperor of the Jin Dynasty ....
  
  
• Empress Zhang Huiguang
  Empress Zhang Huiguang
  Empress Zhang Huiguang , formally Empress Wuxiao , was an empress of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Han Zhao...
  
  
• Empress Dowager Zhang
  Empress Dowager Zhang (Zhaowu)
  Empress Dowager Zhang , formally Empress Guangxian , was an empress dowager of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Han Zhao, during the reign of her son Liu Cong .She was the founding emperor Liu Yuan's concubine...