270th Olympiad
268th Olympiad b Near Langres, 60,000 Alamanni slaughtered by Constantius Caesar. *
8 a Busiris and Coptos rebelling against the Romans, they were razed down to the ground. 293
2310 9 294 16 c Galerius Maximian, defeated by Narses, ran before Diocletian's carriage wearing his purple robes. * 301
10 b The nations of the Carpi and Basternae were resettled on Roman soil. * 295
d Veturius, Master of the Soldiers, persecutes the Christian soldiers, the persecution against us beginning little by little from just that time.
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. * 296 e 10th persecution
17 f Galerius Maximian, after he had defeated Narses, and captured his wives, children and sisters, is received by Diocletian with great honour. * 302
g The Baths of Diocletian at Rome and the Baths of Maximian at Carthage made. *
269th Olympiad
12 d Marcellianus received the 28th episcopate of the Roman church. 297 18 h Hermon presided as the 38th bishop of the church of Jerusalem. 303
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 (*) 298 i Tyrannus is appointed as the 19th bishop of Antioch.
2320 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. 304
l A jubilee according to most
14 299
m Diocletian and Maximian Augusti celebrated a triumph at Rome with notable pomp. Before their chariot went the
15 f Zabdas is ordained 37th bishop of 300
(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. for 30 years, 10 months. Year of the persecution: 4 * 307
1 a Maxentius, the son of Maximianus Herculius, is named Augustus at Rome by the Praetorian Guard. (*)
2330 a In a horrible earthquake at Tyre and Sidon, many edifices were ruined and an immense number of people were crushed.
b Severus Caesar, sent against Maxentius by Galerius Maximianus, is killed at Ravenna in the second year of his reign.
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. 2 c Licinius made emperor at Carnuntum by Galerius. 5 308