[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon.
• Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire.
• The amount of silver in Roman currency falls below 10%.
• A second Imperial edict prohibits Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into four categories: priests, who are to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who are to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.

[edit] Asia

• Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu

[edit] By topic

[edit] Religion

• Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, is martyred (decapitation).
• Pope Sixtus II is martyred.

[edit] Education

• Nanjing University is founded in Nanjing, China.

[edit] Births

• Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date)

[edit] Deaths

• August 6—Pope Sixtus II
• August 10—Saint Lawrence
• September 14—Cyprian, early Christian writer
• Novatian, antipope
• Zhuge Dan, relative of Zhuge Liang who rebelled against the Wei Kingdom
• Sun Lin, regent of Wu