20 e The Vicennalia of Constantine held in Nicomedia, and proclaimed at Rome in the following year. 326
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f Until this point Eusebius Pamphili, companion to the martyrs, writes this history, to which we ourselves have appended these things following. *
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21 g In Africa, Arnobius the rhetor is considered important, who when he was in Sicca teaching the youths to declaim, and, being still a pagan, was compelled by dreams to believe, although he had not obtained from the bishop by asking the faith that he had always attacked, he composed the most splendid books against the former religion, and finally, as if with these as offerings, he requested and obtained the covenant of faith. 327
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f Licinius expells the Christians from his palace.
g Basileus bishop of Amasia of Pontus is crowned with martyrdom under Licinius.
15 h Alexander is ordained the 18th bishop of the Alexandrian church: it was he who excommunicated Arius the priest from the Church. Arius unites many people to his impiety; a synod of 318 bishops having gathered in the city of Nicaea to refute their perfidy, put and end to all the machinations of the heretics in opposition to the 321
h Constantine, restoring the city of Drepana in Bithynia in honor of the martyr Lucian, who was buried there, named it Helenopolis, from the name of his mother.
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i In Antioch the construction of the Dominicum which
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is called Aureum begun. 25 a Marcus held the 32nd episcopacy of the Church of Rome for 8 months, after whom, Julius was ordained 33rd, for 16 years, 4 months. 331
22 a Constantine kills his wife Fausta. 328
b Donatus is well known, from whom come the Donatists throughout Africa. b By an edict of Constantine the temples of the gentiles were overthrown.
277th Olympiad 26 c The Romans defeated the Goths in the land of the Sarmatians. 332
c At Antioch following Tyrannum, Vitalis is ordained as the 20th bishop, after whom as 21st Philogonius, to whom succeeded as 22nd Paulinus, after whom as 23rd Eustathius, from whom, when he was forced into exile for the Faith, the Arians got the church (and hold it) until the present day, that is, Eulalius, Eusebius, Euphronius, Placillus, Stephanus, Leontius, Eudoxius, Meletius, Euzoius, Dorotheus, and Meletius again. But I have not sorted out their dates, insofar as I would judge them enemies of Christ rather than bishops.
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27 d Constans, the son of Constantine, is promoted to the royal power. 333
e An innumerable multitude perish from pestilence and famine in Syria and Cilicia.
2350 28 f The Limigantes Sarmatians, having gathered a force, expelled their masters, who are now called the Argaragantes, onto Roman soil. 334
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