[edit] Events

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[edit] Roman Empire

• Jovian surrenders Mesopotamia to the Persians.
• February 17—Jovian dies at Tyana, in Asia Minor.
• February 26—Valentinian I is proclaimed Emperor by the army.
• March 28—Valens becomes co-emperor.
• Valentinian settles in Paris and establishes a militia to defend the region. His reign ensures the empire a few years of relative security.
• Valens (an Arian) begins the first antipagan persecutions.

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[edit] Religion

• The Council of Laodicea decides the doctrine of the Christian church and the contents of the Bible.

[edit] Births

• Sima Daozi
• Xu Xianzhi

[edit] Deaths

• February 17—Jovian, Roman emperor
• Ge Hong, Chinese Daoist philosopher, poet, alchemist, government official, and biographer (born 284)