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321 CE

Constantine I signs legislation directing urban residents to refrain from work, and businesses to be closed, on the "venerable day of the Sun". An exception is made for agriculture. Constantine I assigns convicts to grind Rome's flour, in a move to hold back the rising price of food in an empire whose population has shrunk as a result of plague. History of the Jews in Germany: Jews in modern-day Germany are documented for the first time, in Colonia Agrippinensium (modern-day Cologne).

Conflict & Security

  • Tuoba Heru launches a coup d'état against his cousin Tuoba Yulü and becomes the new Prince of Dai.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Emperor Constantine I expels the Goths from the Danube frontier and repairs Trajan's Bridge. He leads an expedition into the old province Dacia (modern Romania) and makes peace with the barbarians.source
  • History of the Jews in Germany: Jews in modern-day Germany are documented for the first time, in Colonia Agrippinensium (modern-day Cologne).source

Religion & Belief

  • Calcidius translates Plato into Latin.source
  • The Christian Church is allowed to hold property.source
  • A synod held in Alexandria condemns Arianism.source

Health & Medicine

  • March 7 - Constantine I signs legislation directing urban residents to refrain from work, and businesses to be closed, on the "venerable day of the Sun". An exception is made for agriculture.source
  • Constantine I assigns convicts to grind Rome's flour, in a move to hold back the rising price of food in an empire whose population has shrunk as a result of plague.source

Births

  • Du Lingyang (or Chenggong), Chinese empress (d. 341)source
  • Cheng of Jin (or Shigen), Chinese emperor (d. 342)source
  • Valentinian I ("the Great"), Roman emperor (d. 375)source

Deaths

  • Zu Ti (or Shizhi), Chinese general and adviser (b. 266)source
  • Tuoba Yulü, Chinese prince of the Tuoba Daisource