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335 CE

Emperor Constantine I consecrates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar, with control of Thracia, Achaia, and Macedonia. Pope Sylvester I dies at Rome after a 21-year reign. He is succeeded by Mark as the 34th pope.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • September 19 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar, with control of Thracia, Achaia, and Macedonia.source
  • Tuoba Hena ousts Tuoba Yihuai as chieftain of the Tuoba Clan.source

Conflict & Security

  • Samudragupta succeeds Chandragupta I as king of the Gupta Empire.source
  • Emperor Shi Hu moves the capital of the Later Zhao state to Yecheng.source

Religion & Belief

  • September 13 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is consecrated.source
  • September 14 – Emperor Constantine I consecrates the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.source
  • Constantine I reinstates the Alexandrian priest Arius (declared a heretic at the First Council of Nicaea in 325) in a synod at Jerusalem about a year before Arius' death.source
  • Hannibalianus, nephew of Constantine I, is made Rex Regum ("King of Kings of the Pontic people").source
  • First Synod of Tyre: Constantine I convenes a gathering of bishops at Tyre to depose and exile Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria.source

Climate & Environment

  • November 7 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented the grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.source

Births

  • Theon of Alexandria, director of the Library of Alexandria (approximate date)source
  • Fu Sheng, Chinese emperor of the Di state Former Qin (d. 357)source
  • Gregory of Nyssa, Christian bishop and saint (approximate date)source
  • Magnus Maximus, Western Roman emperor (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • December 31 – Pope Sylvester I dies at Rome after a 21-year reign. He is succeeded by Mark as the 34th pope.source
  • December 31 – Sylvester I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 285)source
  • Lady Xun (or Yuzhang), Chinese concubine of Yuan of Jinsource
  • Chandragupta I, Indian king of the Gupta Empiresource
  • Cheng, Chinese empress dowager of the Later Zhao statesource