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.
c According to the Antiochenes, year 350. 1st year of the persecution 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.
271st Olympiad
2 20 d In the second year of the persecution, Diocletian at Nicomedia, and Maximianus at Milan, laid down the purple. (*) 305
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.
272nd Olympiad
3 f Galerius Maximianus dies. 6 309
3 f Maximinus 1 and Severus made Caesars by Galerius Maximian. 306 4 g Silvester is ordained as the 31st bishop of the Church of Rome for 22 years. 7 310
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. (*) 5 h Maximinus, after a persecution had been carried out against the Christians, when now about to be punished by Licinius, dies at Tarsus. (*) 8 311
i Achillas is ordained as the 17th bishop of the Church of Alexandria.
6 k Maxentius, defeated by Constantine near the Milvian Bridge, dies. 9 312
34th of the Romans, Constantine reigned
(1) Maximinus Daia.
(2) Constantius I Chlorus.
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273rd Olympiad homousion.
7 a The war against Licinius at Cibalae. 10 313 17 a Constantius, the son of Constantine, appointed Caesar. 323
2330 8 b Macarius is appointed as the 39th bishop of Jerusalem. c Peace restored to us by Constantine. 314 b Licinius, contrary to a solemn pledge, is slain as a private citizen at Thessalonica. *
9 315
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. (*) 316 2340 18 c Nazarius the rhetor is considered notable. * 324
276th Olympiad
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. 325
274th Olympiad
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. 317