[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• July 25—Constantine I is proclaimed Emperor by his troops.
• October 28—Maxentius, son of the former Emperor Maximian, is proclaimed Emperor.
• Flavius Valerius Severus is proclaimed Augustus.
• Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa is built in Lisbon.
• The Franks cross the Rhine, but are repulsed by Constantine I.

[edit] Asia

• The War of the Eight Princes ends in China.

[edit] By topic

[edit] Art

• Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), Rome, is started to built.

[edit] Religion

• The Council of Elvira declares that killing through a spell is a sin and the work of the devil.
• Saint Metrophanes becomes bishop of Byzantium.
• Christianity is established in Britain. British bishops participate in the councils of Arles (314), Nicaea (325) and Arminum (349).

[edit] Births

• Ephrem the Syrian, Christian saint and prolific hymn writer, in Nisibis, Mesopotamia (approximate date)

[edit] Deaths

• Constantius Chlorus, father of Constantine I, in York
• Sima Ying
• Sima Yong