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Events
By place
Roman Empire
* The
Franks penetrate into what is now northern Belgium (approximate date).
* The city ofSplit is built.
* Diocletian's wall is built inPalmyra .
* A Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex is constructed inLullingstone , and also inAnderitum (approximate date).Europe
* The
lion becomes extinct fromArmenia around this date.Africa
* The
elephant becomes extinct inNorth Africa from around this date.
* TheAlgerian Wild Ass becomes extinct around this date.America
* The
Mayan civilization reaches its most prolific period, the classic period, in what is nowGuatemala ,Belize and parts of southernMexico adjacent to the former two. During most of this period,Tikal dominates the mayan world.By topic
Arts and sciences
* The magnetic
compass fornavigation is invented inChina (approximate date).
* ThePanchatantra , aSanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, is written inIndia .Religion
*
Peter of Alexandria becomesPatriarch of Alexandria .
* Possible date of theCodex Vaticanus andCodex Sinaiticus , manuscripts of the Bible written in Greek.
* Tiridates III makes his kingdom ofArmenia the first state to adoptChristianity as its official religion.
* Approximate date of theSynod of Elvira in Elvira,Spain , which was a church council that prohibited interaction withJews ,pagans , andheretics .Births
*
Asanga , founder of theYogacara ofMahayana Buddhism (approximate date)
*Frumentius , SyrianChristian trader (approximate date)
*Hilary of Poitiers (approximate date)
*Li Shou , emperor ofCheng Han (d.343 )
*Emperor Min of Jin (d.318 )Deaths
*
December 28 — Theonas,Patriarch of Alexandria
*Sporus of Nicaea , Greek mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)
*Zhang Hua , official of the Jin Dynasty (b.232 )
*Liu Ling (b.221 )
*Empress Jia Nanfeng (b.257 )
*Sima Yu (b.278 )
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