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Contents

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Europe

Africa

America

By topic

Arts and sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Roman Empire

★ Franks penetrate into northern Belgium (approximate date).

★ The city of Split is built.

★ Diocletian's wall is built in Palmyra.

★ Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex is constructed in Lullingstone, and also in Anderitum (approximate date).

Europe

★ The lion becomes extinct from Armenia around this date.

Africa

★ The elephant becomes extinct from North Africa around this date.

★ The Algerian Wild Ass becomes extinct around this date.

America

★ Mayan civilization is established in what is now Belize and Guatemala.

By topic

Arts and sciences

★ Magnetic compass for navigation is invented in China (approximate date).

★ A Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, the Panchatantra is written in India.

Religion

★ Peter of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.

★ Possible date of the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, manuscripts of the Bible written in Greek.

★ Tiridates III makes his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.

★ Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Elvira, Spain, which was a church council that prohibited interaction with Jews, pagans, and heretics.

Births

★ Asanga, founder of the Yogacara of Mahayana Buddhism (approximate date)

★ Hilary of Poitiers (approximate date)

★ Li Shou, emperor of Cheng Han

★ Emperor Min of Jin

Deaths

★ December 28 — Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria

★ Sporus of Nicaea, Greek mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)

★ Zhang Hua, official of Jin Dynasty

★ Liu Ling

★ Empress Jia Nanfeng

★ Sima Yu