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338 CE

Eusebius of Nicomedia becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul I is banished. Tuoba Yihuai, ruler of the Tuoba Dai clan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tuoba Shiyiqian. The Church of Santa Costanza, Rome, starts to be built (approximate date).

Conflict & Security

  • The Romans, allied with the Goths, arrive in the north of the Roman Empire to protect the Danube frontier.source
  • Shapur II, king of the Persian Empire, begins a widespread persecution of Christians. He orders forcible conversions to the state religion, Zoroastrianism, lest the Christians disrupt his realm while he is away fighting the Romans in Armenia and Mesopotamia.source
  • Emperor Constantius II intervenes against the Persians in Armenia.source

Religion & Belief

  • Non-Christians are persecuted by the Roman Empire as pagans.source
  • Eusebius of Nicomedia becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul I is banished.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Church of Santa Costanza, Rome, starts to be built (approximate date).source

Births

  • Isaac the Great, Armenian catholicos (d. 439)source

Deaths

  • Li Qi, Chinese emperor of Cheng Han (b. 314)source
  • Tuoba Yihuai, prince of the Tuoba Dai clansource
  • Tuoba Yihuai, ruler of the Tuoba Dai clan, dies and is succeeded by his brother Tuoba Shiyiqian.source
  • Flavius Ablabius, Roman consul and politiciansource