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Events
By Place
Roman Empire
* A group of
Franks penetrate as far asTarragona in Spain (approximate date).
* TheGoths invadeMoesia .
* TheAlamanni drive the Romans from the modern area ofDonau-Ries .
* An epidemic of the Plague begins inEgypt and spreads through the Roman Empire.Africa
* The Kingdom of
Aksum (Axum ) takes control of commerce on theRed Sea .Asia
* The Kofun Period begins in
Japan .
* TheKushan Empire collapses.The Americas
*
Teotihuacán is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by Zapotec architects brought fromMonte Albán inOaxaca .By Topic
Arts and Sciences
*
Diophantus writes "Arithmetica", the first systematic treatise on algebra.Births
*
Maximian , Romanemperor (approximate date)
*Galerius , Roman emperor, (approximate date)
*Constantius Chlorus , Roman emperor and father of Constantine the Great (approximate date)
*Licinius , Roman emperor (approximate date)
*Arius ,Christian priest and founder ofArianism (approximate date)
*Zuo Si Deaths
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January 20 —Pope Fabian
*Ambrose of Alexandria , Christian writer (approximate date)
* Mercurius, a Christian saint and martyr
*Saint Denise
*Nagarjuna , founder ofMahayana ("Great Vehicle")Buddhism
*Zhu Ju , general of Wu
*Wang Ling , general of Wei
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