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300                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ...   (291-306)                 Jin Dynasty Civil War

                                Ethiopia holds Yemen and the Hadramaut (-378)

                                Palava rule in south India (-800)

                                Teotihuacan Empire (-600)

                                Maximian ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (286-305) co-Augustus

                                Constantius "Chlorus ...     (Western Roman Empire)                    (293-305) Caesar                                  

                                Diocletian ...                          (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (284-305) Augustus

                                Galerius ...                              (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (293-305) Caesar

                                Vasubandhu                                                                         300-350

301                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ...   (291-306)                 Jin Dynasty Civil War

                                Edict of Maximum Prices

                                Maximian ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (286-305) co-Augustus

                                Constantius "Chlorus ...     (Western Roman Empire)                    (293-305) Caesar                                  

                                Diocletian ...                          (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (284-305) Augustus

                                Galerius ...                              (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (293-305) Caesar

302                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ...   (291-306)                 Jin Dynasty Civil War

                                Maximian ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (286-305) co-Augustus

                                Constantius "Chlorus ...     (Western Roman Empire)                    (293-305) Caesar                                  

                                Diocletian ...                          (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (284-305) Augustus

                                Galerius ...                              (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (293-305) Caesar

                                Narses -                                 (Sassanian Empire)                              (293-302)      Narseh

                                Ormizd II +                           (Sassanian Empire)                              (302-309)

303                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ...   (291-306)                 Jin Dynasty Civil War

                                Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians

                                Maximian ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (286-305) co-Augustus

                                Constantius "Chlorus ...     (Western Roman Empire)                    (293-305) Caesar                                  

                                Diocletian ...                          (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (284-305) Augustus

                                Galerius ...                              (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (293-305) Caesar

304                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ...   (291-306)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS +    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Maximian ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (286-305) co-Augustus

                                Constantius "Chlorus ...     (Western Roman Empire)                    (293-305) Caesar                                  

                                Diocletian ...                          (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (284-305) Augustus

                                Galerius ...                              (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (293-305) Caesar

                                Marcellinus -                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (296-)      28th Roman Pope

                                Porphyry                                                                               232-304                  

305                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ...   (291-306)                 Jin Dynasty Civil War

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Diocletian and Maximian abdicate - a power struggle follows

                                Antony organizes Christian hermits in Egypt

                                Maximian -                             (Western Roman Empire)                    (286-305) co-Augustus

                                Constantius "Chlorus ...+ (Western Roman Empire)                     (293-305)(305-306) Caesar/co-Augustus

                                Severus +                              (Western Roman Empire)                     (305-306) Caesar  

                                Diocletian -                            (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (284-305) Augustus

                                Galerius ...+                           (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (293-305)(305-310) Caesar/Augustus

                                Maximinus +                         (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (305-308) Caesar (n. Galerius)

306                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES -   (291-306)                  Jin Dynasty Civil War

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantius Chlorus Emperor of the Western Roman Empire dies (7/25)

                                Maxentius is proclaimed emperor of the West by cohort of imperial guardsman in Rome (10/28)

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                                Constantine proclaimed Augustus of the West at York as per Constantius' dying wish

                                Galerius proclaims Severus as Augustus in the West

                                Constantius "Chlorus -       (Western Roman Empire)                 (293-305)(305-306) Caesar/co-Augustus

                                Severus ...+                           (Western Roman Empire)                   (305-306)(306-307) Caesar/Augustus

                                Constantine I +                     (Western Roman Empire)                  (306-309) Caesar

                                Maxentius +                          (Western Roman Empire)                  (306-312) Augustus

                                Maximian +                            (Western Roman Empire)                 (306)2 co-Augustus with Maxentius               

                                Galerius ...                              (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (293-305)(305-310) Caesar/Augustus

                                Maximinus ...                         (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (305-308) Caesar (n. Galerius)

307                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Marcellus is appointed the new Bishop of Rome

308                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Galerius elevates Licinius to the rank of Augustus  in the West (11/11)

                                Maximin +                              (Roman Empire)

                                Licinius +                               (Roman Empire)                    (308-324)appointed Emperor of West                              

                                Marcellus I +                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-309)      29th Roman Pope

309                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Ormizd II -                            (Sassanian Empire)                               (302-309)

                                Shapur II +                            (Sassanian Empire)                              (309-379)

                                Marcellus I -                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (308-309)      29th Roman Pope

                                Eusebius +                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (309-310)      30th Roman Pope

310                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Galerius -                              (Roman Empire)                                    (305-310)      joint emperor

                                Frode III -                              (Denmark)                                             (270-310)      the Pacific

                                Halfdan I +                            (Denmark)                                             (310-324)     

                                Eusebius -                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (309-310)      30th Roman Pope

                                Appollinaris                                                                          310-390                   Bishop of Laodicae  (315-)

                                Ausonius, Decimus Magnus                                             c310-395 Poet/Rhetorician (Burdigala/Bordeaux)

311                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Miltiades +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (311-314)      31st Roman Pope

                                Ulfilas (Wulfila)                                                                    311-383                   Bishop (Gothic Arian)

312                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine’s conquest of Italy

                                Battle of Milvian Bridge - Constantine defeats and kills Maxentius

                                Constantine converts after Mulvian Bridge

                                Maxentius -                           (Roman Empire)                                    (306-312)

313                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Battle of Tzirallum - Licinius defeats Maximinus

                                Edict of Milan (Toleration) - Constantine I allows Christianity in the Empire

                                Maximin -                               (Roman Empire)                                    (308-313)

314                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine I abolishes the Praetorian Guard

                                Miltiades -                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (311-314)      31st Roman Pope

                                St. Sylvester I +                    (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (314-335)      32nd Roman Pope

315                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Athanasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 Books of the canon of New Testament scripture

                                144 public toilets installed in Rome

                                St. Hilary of Poitiers                                                             315-368                   Bishop/Doctor of the Church

316                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                WESTERN JIN -                   (265-316)

                                Hsiung-nu sack Chinese capital Ch’ang-an for second time

                                Loss of northern China

317                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                EASTERN JIN +

                                China divides again (-589)

318                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

319                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Chandra Gupta I +                (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (319-335)

320                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Gupta monarchs reunite N. India (-535)

                                Pachomius’ first monastery

321                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

322                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                St. Peter's Church construction in Rome

323                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Constantine moves capital to Byzantium

324                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine defeats Licinius

                                Constantine becomes sole emperor - reunites Roman Empire

                                Licinius -                                (Roman Empire)                                    (308-324)

                                Halfdan I -                             (Denmark)                                              (310-)

                                Fridlief III +                           (Denmark)                                              (-348)

325                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                First Council of Nicaea - Nicaean Creed

                                Nicean Creed - makes theological theory an article of faith encorced by imperial government

                                Kingdom of Axum converts to Christianity (328)

326                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine executes his son, Crispus

327                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine executes his wife Faustus - boiled alive

                                Shapur II begins a vicious persecution against the Christians in Persia - Sts. Jonah and Berikjesus martyred

328                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Saint Athanasius +              (Patriarchate of Alexandria)                (328-373)

                                Valens                                                                                    328-378                   (Cibalae)

329                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Gregory of Nazianus                                                            329-390                   Theologian (Caesaria, Cappadocia)

                                Basil the Great                                                                      329-379                   Prelate/Bishop (Caesaria, Cappadocia)

330                          Juvencus (Caius Vettius Aquilinus)                                 fl. 330                      Spanish Priest/Poet

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Dedication of Constantinople - (former Byzantium) ready for occupancy - becomes imperial residence

                                Ammianus Marcellinus                                                       330-395

                                Iamblichus                                                                             270-330

331                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine expropriates the properties of the pagan temples

                                Constantine's endowments of Christian churches

                                Eusebius' fusion of classical and Biblical historiographic traditions

332                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Julian the Apostate                                                             332-363

333                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

334                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

335                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Chandra Gupta I -                  (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (319-)

                                Samudra Gupta +                  (Gupta Dynasty)                                   (330)

                                St. Sylvester I -                     (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (314-)

                                Gregory of Nyssa                 (Patriarchate of Rome)         335-394

336                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Arius dies

                                Marcus +-                                                                                              *****

                                Arius                                                                                      256-336

337                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)        Renewed (337-350)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantine is baptized a Christian on his deathbed

                                Forty year peace between Roman Empire and Persia is broken by Shapur II

                                Constantine I -                      (Roman Empire)                                    (306-337)

                                Conatantine II +                   (Roman Empire)                                    (337-340)      son of Constantine

                                Constans +                            (Roman Empire)                                    (337-350)      son of Constantine

                                Constantius II +                   (Roman Empire)                                    (337-361)      son of Constantine

                                Julius I +                               (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (337-352)

338                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD ...   (220-589)           China

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constantius intervenes against the Persians under Shapur II in Armenia

                                Julius I ...                               (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (337-352)                Pope

                                Conatantine II ...                   (Roman Empire in the West)              (337-340)                son of Constantine

                                Constans ...                           (Roman Empire in the Middle)           (337-350)                son of Constantine

                                Constantius II ...                   (Roman Empire in the East)                (337-361)                son of Constantine

                                Paul I -                                    (Patriarchate of Constantinople)       (336-338)1              Orthodox

                                Eusebius of Nicomedia +    (Patriarchate of Constantinople)       (338-341)                Arian

                                Athanasius ...                       (Patriarchate of Alexandria)                (328-373)                Pope      

                                Ezana ...                                  (Axumite Kingdom)                             (330-356)                King

                                ?????????                              (Kingdom of Armenia)                        (???-???)                King

                                Shapur II ...                            (Sassanian Empire)                              (309-379)                Emperor

                                Samudra Gupta ...                 (Gupta Empire)                                      (335-380)                Emperor

                                ?????????                              (Pallava Kingdom)                               (???-???)                King

                                ?????????                              (Pyu City States)

                                Cheng ...                                (Eastern Jin Dynasty)                          (326-342)               

                                Murong Huang ...                (Former Yan Kingdom)                        (337-348)                King

                                Shi Hu ...                                (Later Zhao Kingdom)                         (334-349)                King

                                Li Qi -                                     (Cheng Han Kingdom)                        (334-338)                King (Cheng)

                                Li Shou +                               (Cheng Han Kingdom)                        (338-343)                King (Han)

                                Zhang Jun ...                         (Former Liang Kingdom)                     (326-346)                King

                                ????????                                (Funan Kingdom)                                 (???-???)

339                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

340                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                SIXTEEN KINGDOMS ...    (304-439)                Chinese rival kingdoms

                                Constans becomes sole Emperor in the Western Empire after defeating and killing his brother Constantine II

                                Conatantine II -                    (Roman Empire)                                    (337-)

                                Constans ...+                         (Western Roman Empire)                    (337-350)(340-350) Sole western emp.

                                Eusebius of Vercelli +          (Vercelli)                                                Bishop

                                Ambrose                                                                                340-397

                                Symmachus                                                                           340-402

                                Eusebius of Caesarea                                                          265-340

                                Lactantius                                                                             260-340

341                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Council of Antioch

                                Coptic Chistianity arrives in Ethiopia

342                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

343                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

344                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Kumarajiva                                                                            344-413

345                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Jerome                                                                                    345-420                   Ecclesiastical Intellectual   

346                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Monasticism established in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor

                                Pachomius dies

347                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius the Great                                                          347-395                         (Cauca, Spain)

348                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Defense against the Arians (Athanasius)

                                Fridlief III -                            (Denmark)                                              (324-348)

                                Frode IV +                             (Denmark)                                               (348-407)

349                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

350                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Persians capture Armenia from Rome

                                Christianity reaches Ethiopia (Axum) - King Ezana converts

                                Meroe overrun by armies of neighboring Axum - a rising kingdom in the southeast of Kush

                                Constans -                             (Roman Empire in the West)                                              (337-350)               

                                Magnentius +                       (Roman Empire)                                    (350-353)                usurper of Constans' throne

                                Ambrosian Chant

                                Theodore of Mopsuestia                                                    350-428                   Theologian/Bishop (Syria)

                                Vasubandhu                                                                         300-350

351                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Constantius reunites Roman Empire

                                Julian attempts to reintroduce paganism instead of Christianity (361)

                                Apollo expelled from Daphne by the relics of St. Bablylas

352                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Julius I -                                                                                                 (337-)

                                Liberius +                                                                                              (-366)

353                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Magnentius -                        (Roman Empire)                                    (350-)

354                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                St. Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus)                                    354-430                   Ecclesiastical Intellectual

355                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Felix (antipope) +                                                                                 (-365)

356                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, is banished to Phrygia

357                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Julian defeats the Alemanni

                                Basil the Great withdraws to a retreat in Pontus

                                Funan becomes a vassal state of China (which kingdom?)         

358                          Discourses Against the Arians (Athanasius)

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

359                          Sarcaphagus of Junius Bassus, Prefect of Rome

                                Jewish calendar committed to writing by Hillel II

                                ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

360                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, returns from exile in Phrygia to Poitiers

361                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Julian the Apostate restores the priviliges of paganism (-363)

                                Empress Jingo of Japan invades Korea (-390)

                                Constantius II -                    (Roman Empire)                                    (337-)

                                Julian the Apostate +          (Roman Empire)                                    (-363)

362                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Julian outlaws Christianity

363                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Julian the Apostate defeated and killed by the Persians

                                Jovianus surrenders Mesopotamia to the Persians

                                Peace with the Persia

                                Julian the Apostate -           (Roman Empire)                                    (361-)      (defeated and killed by the Persians)

                                Jovian +                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (-364)

364                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Basil the Great becomes counselor to Eusebius, bishop of Caesaria

                                Jovian -                                  (Roman Empire)                                    (363-)

                                Valentinian I +                      (Roman Empire)                                    (-375)      West

                                Valens +                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (-378)      East

365                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Felix (antipope) -                                                                                  (355-)

366                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Liberius -                               (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (352-)

                                Damasus +                            (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-384)

                                Ursinus (antipope) +                                                                           (-367)

367                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Ursinus (antipope) -                                                                            (366-)

368                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Valens at war with the Goths

                                St. Hilary of Poitiers                                                             315-368                   Bishop/Doctor of the Church

369                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Roman general Theodosius drives the Picts and Scots out of Roman Britain

                                Japanese invade southern Korea and intervene in Korean politics of the three kingdoms

370                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Huns invade Europe from Asia

                                Eusebius -                               (Caesarea)                                             Bishop

                                Basil the Great +                   (Caesarea)                                             Bishop

                                Alaric                                                                                     370-410                   King of the Visigoths

                                Claudian                                                                                370-404                   Poet (Alexandria)

371                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Valentinian II                                                                        371-

                                St. Martin of Tours +           (Bishopric of Tours)                            (-397)      Bishop

372                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Buddhism enters Korea

                                Saint Athanasius -               (Patriarchate of Alexandria)                (-373)

373                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Saint Athanasius                                                                 297-373

374                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius the Great campaigns against the Sarmatians along the Danube

                                St. Ambrose +                       (Bishopric of Milan)                                            (-379)      Bishop

375                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Valentinian I -                       (Roman Empire)                                    (364-)

                                Gratian +                                (Roman Empire)                                    (-383)

                                Valentinian II +                     (Roman Empire)                                    (-392)

376                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Valens allows Visigoths to cross Danube

                                Former Qin unites northern China

377                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Emperor Valens and Emperor Gratian combine against Visigoth and Ostrogoth armies along the Danube

                                Goths move into Thracia

378                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Battle of Adrianople - Valens defeated and killed by Goths (8/9)

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                                Tikal conquers Uaxactun (Maya)

                                Valens -                                  (Roman Empire)                                    (364-)      (killed at Battle of Adrianople)

                                Germanus                                                                              378-488

                                Valens                                                                                    328-378                   (Cibalae)

379                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great +    (Eastern Roman Empire)                     (379-395)               

                                Shapur II -                             (Sassanian Empire)                              (309-)

                                Ardashir II +                         (Sassanian Empire)                              (-383)

                                St. Ambrose -                        (Bishopric of Milan)                            (374-)      Bishop

                                Gregory of Nazianus +        (Constantinople)                                  Bishop

                                Saint Basil the Great                                                            329-379                   Prelate/Bishop (Caesarea, Cappadocia)

380                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Samudra Gupta -                   (Gupta Dynasty)  (375) (376)

                                Chandra Gupta II +              (Gupta Dynasty)                                  (-415)      (375) Vikramaditya (Sun of Power)

381                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Council of Constantinople - Doctrine of the Trinity completed - Constantinople added as fourth patriarchate

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

382                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Altar of Victory removed from Roman Senate

                                Jerome translates Greek New Testament into Latin - Latin Vulgate

383                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Roman legions begin evacuation of Britain

                                Magnus Maximus conquers Spain and Gaul

                                Battle of Fei River (Fei Shui) - Eastern Jin decisively defeats Former Qin -latter falls into civil war and destr.

                                Gratian -                                 (Roman Empire)                                    (373-)

                                Maximus +                             (Roman Empire)                                    (-388)      Magnus (usurper in West)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Ardashir II -                          (Sassanian Empire)                              (379-)

                                Shapur III +                           (Sassanian Empire)                              (-388)

                                Ulfilas (Wulfila)                                                                    311-383

384                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Damasus -                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (366-)

                                Siricius +                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-399)

                                Honorius                                                                               384-423                   Emperor (Roman)

385                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

386                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                NORTHERN WEI +             (NORTH)

                                Arians besiege Milan

                                T’o-pa invaders in Northern China

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

387                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

388                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius captures Magnus Maximus and executes him

                                Maximus -                              (Roman Empire)                                    (383-)      (usurper in West)  executed

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)\

                                Shapur III -                            (Sassanian Empire)                              (383-)

                                Bahram IV +                          (Sassanian Empire)                              (-399)

389                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Saint Patrick                                                                                          389-461

390                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Gaiseric                                                                                  390-477                   King of the Vandals

                                Appollinaris                                                                          310-390

                                Gregory of Nazianus                                                            329-390                   Saint (Caesaria)

391                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I prohibits all pagan worship

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

392                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Edict of Constantinople - outlaw pagan worship

                                Valentinian II -                      (Roman Empire)                                    (375-)

                                Eugenius +                            (Roman Empire)                                    (-394)      usurper in the West

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

393                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius I the Great ...  (Eastern Roman Empire)                       (379-395)

                                Theodoret                                                                             393-458                   Churchman/Theologian (Syria)

394                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Theodosius briefly reunites Roman Empire

                                Eugenius -                             (Roman Empire)                                    (392-)      usurper in the West 

                                Theodosius I the Great ...+  (Re-united Roman Empire)                (379-395)(394-395)

                                Gregory of Nyssa                                                                 335-394

395                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Roman Empire divided

                                Rufinus, Western Roman Empire high minister is assassinated, possibly on order by Slilicho

                                Stilicho, Vandal leader of the East Roman forces drives Visigoths out of Greece (-397)

                                Theodosius I the Great- (Re-united Roman Empire)                       (379-395)(394-395)

                                Honorius +                            (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423)(s.  Theodosius I the Great)               

                                Arcadius +                            (Eastern Roman Empire)                      (-408)

                                Ammianus Marcellinus                                                       330-395

                                Ausonius, Decimus Magnus                                             c310-395 Poet/Rhetorician (Burdigala/Bordeaux)

396                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                St. Augustine becomes Bishop of Hippo

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423) (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Aetius                                                                                    396-454                   Roman General

397                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                       (395-423) (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                St. Martin of Tours -            (Bishopric of Tours)                            (371-)      Bishop

                                St. Ambrose                                                                          340-397

                                St. Martin of Tours                                                              316-397                   Bishop of Tours

398                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Honorius marries Stilicho's daughter

                                Evagrius, rival claimant to the Antioch patriarchate, dies, Flavian succeeds - ending the Antioch Schism

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423) (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Flavian of Antioch +           (Patriarchate of Antioch)

399                          ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ...   (92B-627)

                                Fa Hsien embarks on his pilgrimage from the Wei River to Gupta India of Chandra Gupta II (-405)

                                Honorius ...                           (Western Roman Empire)                    (395-423) (s.  Theodosius I the Great)

                                Bahram IV -                           (Sassanian Empire)                              (388-)

                                Yazdegerd I +                        (Sassanian Empire)                              (-420)

                                Siricius -                                 (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (384-)

                                Anastasius +                        (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (-401)

 




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