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Events
By place
Roman Empire
★
Franks penetrate into northern
Belgium (approximate date).
★ The city of
Split is built.
★ Diocletian's wall is built in
Palmyra.
★ Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex is constructed in
Lullingstone, and also in
Anderitum (approximate date).
Europe
★ The
lion becomes extinct from
Armenia around this date.
Africa
★ The
elephant becomes extinct from
North Africa around this date.
★ The
Algerian Wild Ass becomes extinct around this date.
America
★
Mayan civilization is established in what is now
Belize and
Guatemala.
By topic
Arts and sciences
★ Magnetic
compass for
navigation is invented in
China (approximate date).
★ A
Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, the
Panchatantra is written in
India.
Religion
★
Peter of Alexandria becomes
Patriarch of Alexandria.
★ Possible date of the
Codex Vaticanus and
Codex Sinaiticus, manuscripts of the Bible written in
Greek.
★
Tiridates III makes his kingdom of
Armenia the first state to adopt
Christianity as its official religion.
★ Approximate date of the
Synod of Elvira in
Elvira,
Spain, which was a church council that prohibited interaction with
Jews,
pagans, and
heretics.
Births
★
Asanga, founder of the
Yogacara of
Mahayana Buddhism (approximate date)
★
Hilary of Poitiers (approximate date)
★
Li Shou, emperor of
Cheng Han
★
Emperor Min of Jin
Deaths
★
December 28 —
Theonas,
Patriarch of Alexandria
★
Sporus of Nicaea, Greek mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)
★
Zhang Hua, official of
Jin Dynasty
★
Liu Ling
★
Empress Jia Nanfeng
★
Sima Yu
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