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Constantine executes Licinius in Thessalonica on a charge of attempted rebellion, a year after defeating him in battle
Constantine convenes a council of 200 bishops at Nicaea to discuss the beliefs of Arius, which are deemed to be heresy
Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, discovers in Jerusalem the cross on which Christ died - or so it is later claimed
Constantine's new Christian city on the site of Byzantium is inaugurated, as Constantinople
Constantine is at last baptized a Christian in Nicomedia, just a few days before his death
The Cushite dynasty fades away in Nubia, after lasting for 1000 years or more
The clan ruling the Yamato plain becomes so powerful that its chieftain is seen as the emperor of Japan
Frumentius, brought to Ethiopia as a slave, becomes the kingdom's first Christian bishop
Greece begins to find a new and influential role in a Christian context, through the Byzantine empire
The Christian missionary Ulfilas devises an alphabet for the language of the Goths, so that he can translate the Bible into Gothic
St Martin founds the first monastery in western Europe, at Ligugé near Poitiers
The first church of Santa Sophia in Constantinople, begun by Constantine himself, is completed
Julian, the new emperor in Constantinople, plans to reinstate the pagan cult of the ancient Roman empire
An apocryphal story states that Julian the Apostate, dying at Tarsus, acknowledges the victory of the Galilean, Jesus Christ
A document is distributed by the bishop of Alexandria, formally establishing the contents of the New Testament
The Huns, moving from the steppes north of the Black Sea, defeat the Ostrogoths and drive the Visigoths westwards - starting a chain reaction
The Visigoths inflict a devastating defeat on a Roman army at Adrianople, and win for themselves the status of Roman federates
Theodosius becomes the Roman emperor and revives Constantine's close link between church and state
Kalidasa, the most distinguished of India's authors in classical Sanskrit, is at the Gupta court in Patna
The Codex Sinaiticus, the earliest surviving manuscript of the complete New Testament, is copied out - probably in Egypt
Roman legions begin to be withdrawn from Britain, leaving the Celtic population increasingly vulnerable
St Jerome settles in Bethlehem, where his holy women organize a monastery for his residence and a nearby convent for themselves
St Ambrose asserts the authority of the church, refusing communion to the emperor Theodosius in Milan until he does penance for a massacre
The church of Santa Pudenziana in Rome begins the great tradition of Christian mosaics
The ancient games at Olympia, with an unbroken tradition of more than 1000 years, are brought to an abrupt end by the emperor Theodosius
