The world in 300.

300 may refer to: 300, the year 300 (number), the natural number 300 (comic book), a graphic novel by Frank Miller based on the Battle of Thermopylae 300 (film), a 2007 film based on the graphic novel and directed by Zack Snyder 300 (television), a Catalan public television channel Chrysler... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... // Overview Events 212: Constitutio Antoniniana grants citizenship to all free Roman men 212-216: Baths of Caracalla 230-232: Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east 235-284: Crisis of the Third Century shakes Roman Empire 250-538: Kofun era, the first... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s Years: 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 Events Crisis of the Third Century Significant people Aurelian, Roman Emperor Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman Emperor Probus, Roman Emperor Categories... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s Years: 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 Significant people Diocletian, Roman Emperor Maximian, Roman Emperor Categories: 280s ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s - 340s Years: 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 Significant people Diocletian, Roman Emperor Maximian, Roman Emperor Categories: 290s ... Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century Decades: 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s - 340s - 350s 290 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 Significant people Diocletian, Roman Emperor Maximian, Roman Emperor Categories: 300s ... Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century Decades: 250s - 260s _ 270s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s - 340s - 350s - 360s Years: 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 Significant people Constantine, Roman Emperor Licinius, Roman Emperor Maximinus, Roman Emperor Categories: 310s ... Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century Decades: 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s - 340s - 350s - 360s - 370s Years: 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 Events Constantine I of the Roman Empire starts legislating Christian beliefs into civil law. ... Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century Decades: 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s - 340s - 350s - 360s - 370s - 380s Years: 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 Events Significant People Constantine I Constantine II Constantius II Constans Categories: 330s ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Events Narseh of Persia and Diocletian conclude a peace treaty between Persia and Rome. ... Events Constantius Chlorus overthrows the Alamanni in the territory of the Lingones (Langres) and strengthened the Rhine frontier Christians are expelled from the Roman army Baths of Diocletian built in Rome Births Athanasius of Alexandria, bishop and opponent of Arianism Deaths Diophantus, mathematician (approximate date) King Chaekgye of Baekje Categories... Events Births Deaths Categories: 299 ... Events September 3 - The republic of San Marino is established (traditional date). ... Diocletian begins passing laws against Christians. ... Events Diocletian launched the last major persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire; Hierocles was said to have been the instigator of the fierce persecution of the Christians under February 24 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire. ... 299 state leaders - Events of AD 300 - AD 301 state leaders - State leaders by year // Africa Axum – Ella Amida, King of Axum (?-c. ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... Ab urbe condita (related with Anno urbis conditae: AUC or a. ... The Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. ... The Baháí calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Baháí Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years of 365 days, and leap years of 366 days. ... The Berber calendar is the annual calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. ... The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms. ... This article or section uses Burmese characters which may be rendered incorrectly. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhī). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering days and years, not only in China... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhī). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering days and years, not only in China... The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. ... The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ), also called the Geez calendar, is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia and is also the liturgical year of Christians in Eritrea belonging to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Eastern Catholic Church of Eritrea and Lutheran (Evangelical Church of Eritrea), where it is commonly known... The Hebrew calendar (‎) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... It has been suggested that Bikram Samwat be merged into this article or section. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... H.E. redirects here. ... The Iranian calendar (Persian: ), also known as Persian calendar or (mistakenly) the Jalāli Calendar is an astronomical solar calendar currently used in Iran and Afghanistan as the main official calendar. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجري قمری ‎ taqwīm-e hejri-ye qamari; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Franks penetrate into what is now northern Belgium (approximate date).
• The city of Split is built.
• Diocletian's wall is built in Palmyra.
• A Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex is constructed in Lullingstone, and also in Anderitum (approximate date).

This article is about the Frankish people and society. ... For other uses, see Split (disambiguation). ... Early morning panorama of Palmyra. ... Lullingstone Roman villa is situated in northwest Kent in England. ... View from the castle inner bailey showing the outer Roman curtain wall. ...

Europe

• The lion becomes extinct from Armenia around this date.

For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ...

Africa

• The elephant becomes extinct from North Africa around this date.
• The Algerian Wild Ass becomes extinct around this date.

Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... The Algerian Wild Ass (Asinus Atlanticus) is an extinct animal. ...

America

• The Mayan civilization is established in what is now Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ...

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The magnetic compass for navigation is invented in the Middle East (approximate date).
• The Panchatantra, a Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, is written in India.

This article is about the navigational instrument. ... This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The Panchatantra [1][2][3] (also spelled Pañcatantra, in Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र, Five Principles) or Kalīleh o Demneh (in Persian: ) or Anvār-e Soheylī [4][5][6] (in Persian: , The Lights of Canopus) or Kalilag and Damnag[7] (in Syriac) or Kalīlah wa Dimnah[8] (in Arabic: كليلة و دمنة, Kalilah... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...

Religion

• Peter of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Possible date of the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, manuscripts of the Bible written in Greek.
• Tiridates III makes his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
• Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Elvira, Spain, which was a church council that prohibited interaction with Jews, pagans, and heretics.

Peter of Alexandria was a Patriarch of Alexandria (300 - 311). ... It has been suggested that Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church be merged into this article or section. ... Page from Codex Vaticanus Graece 1209, B/03 The Codex Vaticanus (The Vatican, Bibl. ... A portion of the Codex Sinaiticus, containing Esther 2:3-8. ... Tiridates III (or Trdat III, Armenian: ) was a king of Arsacid Armenia (286-330), and is also known as Tiridates the Great. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Synod of Elvira, an ecclesiastical synod held in Spain, the date of which cannot be determined with exactness. ... Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is better known for her on-screen persona Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror movie presentation. ... Languages Historical Jewish languages Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, others Liturgical languages: Hebrew and Aramaic Predominant spoken languages: The vernacular language of the home nation in the Diaspora, significantly including English, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian Religions Judaism Related ethnic groups Arabs and other Semitic groups For the Jewish religion, see Judaism. ... Pagans may mean: Paganism, a belief in natural religion. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...

Births

• Asanga, founder of the Yogacara of Mahayana Buddhism (approximate date)
• Frumentius, Syrian Christian trader (approximate date)
• Hilary of Poitiers (approximate date)
• Li Shou, emperor of Cheng Han
• Emperor Min of Jin

Asanga (also called Aryasanga), born around 300 C.E., was a great exponent of the Yogacara. ... Yogācāra (Sanskrit: yoga practice), also spelled yogāchāra, is an influential school of philosophy and psychology that developed in Indian Mahayana Buddhism starting sometime in the fourth to fifth centuries C.E., also commonly known as consciousness-only or mind-only (Sanskrit: cittamātra) (although scholars increasingly... Relief image of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin from Mt. ... A statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha in Tawang Gompa, India. ... Frumentius (Geez ፍሬምንጦስ /freminÅ¥os/) (died ca. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Hilarius or Hilary (c. ... Li Shou (李壽) (300-343), courtesy name Wukao (武考), formally Emperor Zhaowen of (Cheng) Han ((成)漢昭文帝), was an emperor of the Chinese/Di state Cheng Han. ... The Cheng Han (Simplified Chinese character: 成汉, Traditional Chinese character: 成漢, pinyin Chénghàn) (303 or 304-347) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China. ... Emperor Min of Jin, Simplified Chinese character 晋愍帝, Traditional Chinese character 晉愍帝, Pinyin. ...

Deaths

• December 28 — Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
• Sporus of Nicaea, Greek mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)
• Zhang Hua, official of the Jin Dynasty
• Liu Ling
• Empress Jia Nanfeng
• Sima Yu