Zhang Shi (張寔), Zhang Duke of Xiping and governor of Liang Province, (涼州)is assassinated by Yan She (閻涉) and Zhao Ang (趙卬) and replaced by
Zhang Mao (張茂), commonly accepted first ruler of the Chinese state
Former Liang.
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.
Constantine I assigns convicts to grind Rome's
flour, in a move to hold back the rising price of food in an empire whose population has shrunk as a result of
plague.
July –
Battle of the Hellespont:
Crispus destroys Licinius' naval fleet in the
Dardanelles, allowing his father Constantine the ability to cross over the
Bosphorus into Asian provinces. Byzantium is besieged and Licinius assembles a second military force, under his newly elevated co-emperor
Martinian at
Lampsacus (modern-day
Lapseki).[5]
December 19 – Licinius abdicates his position as Emperor. He is pardoned by Constantine I as a result of the supplication of his wife
Constantia (who is Constantine's halfsister), and banished to
Thessalonica as a private citizen.
Constantine I founds
Constantinople and incorporates
Byzantium into the new capital. He reorganises the
Roman army in smaller units classified into three grades: palatini, (imperial escort armies); comitatenses, (forces based in frontier provinces) and limitanei (
auxilia border troops).[6]
Emperor
Constantine the Great travels to
Rome to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his accession to power, but while en route at
Pola he orders his older son,
Crispus Caesar, to be executed, possibly on charges of
adultery.[8] Later,
Fausta, second wife of Constantine I, is also executed by being
suffocated or
boiled in a hot bath.[9]
Helena tells Constantine that he must
atone for executing his son and wife by building
churches, and at about this date construction begins on
Old St. Peter's Basilica, the first church on the traditional site of
Saint Peter's tomb in Rome, and on the basilica of Golgotha on
Calvary outside
Jerusalem.
^Giles, H. Preston; Maiden, A. R. (1931). A Guide to the Island of Cyprus. Cyprus Publications. p. 57.
^Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Editura enciclopedică română. p. 34.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)
Zhang Shi (張寔), Zhang Duke of Xiping and governor of Liang Province, (涼州)is assassinated by Yan She (閻涉) and Zhao Ang (趙卬) and replaced by
Zhang Mao (張茂), commonly accepted first ruler of the Chinese state
Former Liang.
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.
Constantine I assigns convicts to grind Rome's
flour, in a move to hold back the rising price of food in an empire whose population has shrunk as a result of
plague.
July –
Battle of the Hellespont:
Crispus destroys Licinius' naval fleet in the
Dardanelles, allowing his father Constantine the ability to cross over the
Bosphorus into Asian provinces. Byzantium is besieged and Licinius assembles a second military force, under his newly elevated co-emperor
Martinian at
Lampsacus (modern-day
Lapseki).[5]
December 19 – Licinius abdicates his position as Emperor. He is pardoned by Constantine I as a result of the supplication of his wife
Constantia (who is Constantine's halfsister), and banished to
Thessalonica as a private citizen.
Constantine I founds
Constantinople and incorporates
Byzantium into the new capital. He reorganises the
Roman army in smaller units classified into three grades: palatini, (imperial escort armies); comitatenses, (forces based in frontier provinces) and limitanei (
auxilia border troops).[6]
Emperor
Constantine the Great travels to
Rome to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his accession to power, but while en route at
Pola he orders his older son,
Crispus Caesar, to be executed, possibly on charges of
adultery.[8] Later,
Fausta, second wife of Constantine I, is also executed by being
suffocated or
boiled in a hot bath.[9]
Helena tells Constantine that he must
atone for executing his son and wife by building
churches, and at about this date construction begins on
Old St. Peter's Basilica, the first church on the traditional site of
Saint Peter's tomb in Rome, and on the basilica of Golgotha on
Calvary outside
Jerusalem.
^Giles, H. Preston; Maiden, A. R. (1931). A Guide to the Island of Cyprus. Cyprus Publications. p. 57.
^Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Editura enciclopedică română. p. 34.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)