AD	268th Olympiad	Events
293	8	a Busiris and Coptos rebelling against the Romans, they were razed down to the ground.
294	9
295	10	b The nations of the Carpi and Basternae were resettled on Roman soil. *
296	11	c While all the emperors before him were hailed in the manner of a magistrate, and they had nothing more than a purple mantle in addition to a normal dress, Diocletian was the first to order that he should be hailed as a god, and gems to be sewn into his robes and shoes. *
	269th Olympiad
297	12	d Marcellianus received the 28th episcopate of the Roman church.
298	13	e Alexandria, with the rest of Egypt, cut itself off from Roman authority through the leadership of Achilleus; after a siege of eight months, it was retaken by Diocletian. Therefore, many throughout the whole of Egypt were troubled with heavy proscriptions and exile after those who had emerged as the cause of the revolt had been killed. 1 (*)
299	14
300	15	f Zabdas is ordained 37th bishop of
		b Near Langres, 60,000 Alamanni slaughtered by Constantius Caesar. *
301	16	c Galerius Maximian, defeated by Narses, ran before Diocletian’s carriage wearing his purple robes. *
		d Veturius, Master of the Soldiers, persecutes the Christian soldiers, the persecution against us beginning little by little from just that time.
	e 10th persecution
302	17	f Galerius Maximian, after he had defeated Narses, and captured his wives, children and sisters, is received by Diocletian with great honour. *
		g The Baths of Diocletian at Rome and the Baths of Maximian at Carthage made. *
303	18	h Hermon presided as the 38th bishop of the church of Jerusalem.
		i Tyrannus is appointed as the 19th bishop of Antioch.
304	19	k After Theonus, Peter is ordained the 21st bishop of the Church of Alexandria, who later in the ninth year of the persecution accomplished a glorious martyrdom.
	l A jubilee according to most
		m Diocletian and Maximian Augusti celebrated a triumph at Rome with notable pomp. Before their chariot went the
	(1) This revolt is that of Domitius Domitianus. Several problems arise regarding this event. First, it is Achilleus who alone receives mention for the revolt; Contemporary papyrological evidence shows Achilleus with the title of corrector. Some scholars have suggested two revolts in Egypt. Domitianus, however, had coinage struck in his name, a logical first step in any rebellion; Achilleus has no coin struck in his name. Connected with this first problem, another suggestion has been made that Domitianus and Achilleus are one and the same. More likely is that Achilleus was a sub-commander for Domitianus, though any certain answer is still unclear. A similar problem involves the dating of of the revolt, though Jerome places it in 297 or after, a date supported by the papyrological and numismatic evidence. A third problem is the reason for the revolt. Renewed trouble between the eastern provinces and Sasanian Persia, may have put extra pressure on Egypt; quite possibly some of Diocletian’s reforms did not sit well with the upper-class Egyptians.
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		wife, sisters and children of Narses, and all the booty, which they had looted from the Parthians.
		a In a horrible earthquake at Tyre and Sidon, many edifices were ruined and an immense number of people were crushed.
		b In the nineteenth year of Diocletian, during the month of March, in the days of Easter, the churches were destroyed. However in the 4th year of the persecution, Constantine began to reign.
c According to the Antiochenes, year 350.	1st year of the persecution
	271st Olympiad
305	2	d In the second year of the persecution, Diocletian at Nicomedia, and Maximianus at Milan, laid down the purple. (*)
		e Eusebius is appointed as the 29th bishop at Rome for a period of seven months, after him Miltiades as the 30th bishop holds the church for four years.
306	3	f Maximinus 1 and Severus made Caesars by Galerius Maximian.
		g In the 16th year of his reign Constantius 2 died in Britain at York; after him his son Constantine, born from the concubine Helena, takes possession of the empire. (*)
		34th of the Romans, Constantine reigned
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307	Year of the persecution: 4 *	for 30 years, 10 months.
	1	a Maxentius, the son of Maximianus Herculius, is named Augustus at Rome by the Praetorian Guard. (*)
		b Severus Caesar, sent against Maxentius by Galerius Maximianus, is killed at Ravenna in the second year of his reign.
308	2	c Licinius made emperor at Carnuntum by Galerius.
		d Maximianus Herculius, detected by his daughter Fausta, because he was preparing a swindle against his son-in-law Constantine, in flight is slain at Marseilles.
		e Quirinus, bishop of Siscia, is gloriously killed for Christ: for the top of a household quern fastened to his neck, and thrown headlong into a river, he floated for a very long time and while he was being remarked upon by the spectators, lest by his example they should be frightened, hardly praying that he should sink, he obtained it.
	272nd Olympiad
309	3	f Galerius Maximianus dies.
310	4	g Silvester is ordained as the 31st bishop of the Church of Rome for 22 years.
311	5	h Maximinus, after a persecution had been carried out against the Christians, when now about to be punished by Licinius, dies at Tarsus. (*)
		i Achillas is ordained as the 17th bishop of the Church of Alexandria.
312	6	k Maxentius, defeated by Constantine near the Milvian Bridge, dies.
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	273rd Olympiad
313	7	a The war against Licinius at Cibalae.
314	8	b Macarius is appointed as the 39th bishop of Jerusalem.
315	9
316	10	d Diocletian dies in his villa at Split, not far from Salonae, and, alone of all (the emperors), is declared to be among the gods as a private citizen. (*)
	274th Olympiad
317	11	e Crispus and Constantine, sons of Constantine, and Licinius, the adolescent son of Licinius Augustus, the offspring of Constantine’s sister, are appointed Caesars; of these, Lactantius, the most eloquent man of his time, educated Crispus in Latin literature; but he (Lactantius) was in fact a pauper in this life, as he generally lacked even the necessities.
318	12
319	13
320	14
	275th Olympiad
		f Licinius expells the Christians from his palace.
		g Basileus bishop of Amasia of Pontus is crowned with martyrdom under Licinius.
321	15	h Alexander is ordained the 18th bishop of the Alexandrian church: it was he who excommunicated Arius the priest from the Church. Arius unites many people to his impiety; a synod of 318 bishops having gathered in the city of Nicaea to refute their perfidy, put and end to all the machinations of the heretics in opposition to the
322	16
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		homousion.
323	17	a Constantius, the son of Constantine, appointed Caesar.
		b Licinius, contrary to a solemn pledge, is slain as a private citizen at Thessalonica. *
324	18	c Nazarius the rhetor is considered notable. *
	276th Olympiad
325	19	d Crispus, the son of Constantine, and Licinius junior, the son of Constantia, the sister of Constantine, and of Licinius, are very cruelly killed.
326	20	e The Vicennalia of Constantine held in Nicomedia, and proclaimed at Rome in the following year.
		f Until this point Eusebius Pamphili, companion to the martyrs, writes this history, to which we ourselves have appended these things following. *
327	21	g In Africa, Arnobius the rhetor is considered important, who when he was in Sicca teaching the youths to declaim, and, being still a pagan, was compelled by dreams to believe, although he had not obtained from the bishop by asking the faith that he had always attacked, he composed the most splendid books against the former religion, and finally, as if with these as offerings, he requested and obtained the covenant of faith.
		h Constantine, restoring the city of Drepana in Bithynia in honor of the martyr Lucian, who was buried there, named it Helenopolis, from the name of his mother.
		i In Antioch the construction of the Dominicum which
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		is called Aureum begun.
328	22	a Constantine kills his wife Fausta.
		b Donatus is well known, from whom come the Donatists throughout Africa.
	277th Olympiad
		c At Antioch following Tyrannum, Vitalis is ordained as the 20th bishop, after whom as 21st Philogonius, to whom succeeded as 22nd Paulinus, after whom as 23rd Eustathius, from whom, when he was forced into exile for the Faith, the Arians got the church (and hold it) until the present day, that is, Eulalius, Eusebius, Euphronius, Placillus, Stephanus, Leontius, Eudoxius, Meletius, Euzoius, Dorotheus, and Meletius again. But I have not sorted out their dates, insofar as I would judge them enemies of Christ rather than bishops.
329	23
		d Juvencus the presbyter, by nation Spanish, sets forth the Gospels in heroic verse.
		e Porphyrius, having sent a notable book to Constantine is released from exile.
330	24	f Athanasius is ordained as 19th bishop of Alexandria.
		g Constantinople is dedicated by denuding nearly every other city.
		h Metrodorus the philosopher is well known.
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331	25	a Marcus held the 32nd episcopacy of the Church of Rome for 8 months, after whom, Julius was ordained 33rd, for 16 years, 4 months.
		b By an edict of Constantine the temples of the gentiles were overthrown.
332	26	c The Romans defeated the Goths in the land of the Sarmatians.
	278th Olympiad
333	27	d Constans, the son of Constantine, is promoted to the royal power.
		e An innumerable multitude perish from pestilence and famine in Syria and Cilicia.
334	28	f The Limigantes Sarmatians, having gathered a force, expelled their masters, who are now called the Argaragantes, onto Roman soil.
		g Calocerus revolts in Cyprus and is suppressed.
335	29	h Constantine and his children sent an honorific letter to Antonius.
		i On the Tricennalia of Constantine, Dalmatius is named a Caesar.
336	30	k The rhetor Pater teaches at Rome with great success.
		l The daughter of the rhetor Nazarius equals her father in eloquence.
		m The praetorian prefect Tiberian, an eloquent man, rules the Gallic provinces.
		n The presbyter Eustathius of Constantinople is well known; by whose industry in Jerusalem, a church
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		dedicated to the martyrs was constructed.
	279th Olympiad
337	31	a Constantine, baptized by Eusebius of Nicomedia at the very end of his life, falls into the dogma of Arius, and from that time until now seizures of churches and discord of the whole world have followed.
		b While preparing for war against the Persians, Constantine dies at Ancyra in a public villa near Nicomedia at the age of 66; after him his three sons are hailed Augusti from being Ceasars.
		35th of the Romans, Constantine, Constantius, and Constans reigned for 24 years, 5 months, and 13 days.
338	1	c Ablabius the Praetorian Prefect and many of the nobles slaughtered.
		d Sapor, king of Persia, after Mesopotamia had been devastated, beseiged Nisibis for almost two months.
		e Dalmatius Caesar, whom his uncle Constantine had left as a colleague in the power of his sons, is murdered by a plot of his cousin Constantius and in a military disturbance.
		f James, bishop of Nisibis, is well known, by whose prayers his city was often saved from crisis.
339	2	g From this point the Arian impiety, propped up by the
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		support of the ruler, Constantius, with exiles and imprisonments and various types of affliction first persecuted Athanasius and then all bishops not of their party.
340	3	a Constantine, waging war against his brother near Aquileia, is slain at Alsa.
	280th Olympiad
341	4	b Constans fights against the Franks with mixed fortune.
		c Many cities of the east collapsed in a horrible earthquake.
		d Audeus is considered important in Coele-Syria, from whom comes the Audian heresy.
342	5	e The Franks subdued by Constans and peace made with them.
		f Hermogenes the master of soldiers lynched by the people of Constantinople on account of bishop Paul whom he was banishing by the power of the emperor and the faction of the Arians.
		g The Dominicum Aureum is dedicated in Antioch.
		h Macedonius ‘the featherer’ in place of Paul is substituted as bishop of the Arians; from whom now is the Macedonian heresy.
		i Because of the cruelty of the prefect Philip, for he was a supporter of Macedonius’ party, and due to the plotting of the Arians, Paul is strangled.