318 CE

Gregory the Illuminator appoints his son Aristax as successor in the patriarchate of Armenia. The Eastern Jin dynasty loses its territories to the north of the Yangtze River, to the benefit of the Xiongnu and the Xianbei. The Former Zhao state is proclaimed; Liu Can and the state ruling family at Pingyang is executed in a coup d'état by Jin Zhun, who is in turn overthrown by Shi Le and Liu Yao. Emperor Constantine the Great gives the ancient Roman town Drepana (Asia Minor) the name Helenopolis, after his mother Helena, and builds a church in honour of the martyr St. Lucian.

In the 310s, the 4th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Liu Yao becomes the new emperor of Han-Zhao and moves his capital to Chang'an.source

Conflict & Security

  • The Eastern Jin dynasty loses its territories to the north of the Yangtze River, to the benefit of the Xiongnu and the Xianbei. The Former Zhao state is proclaimed; Liu Can and the state ruling family at Pingyang is executed in a coup d'état by Jin Zhun, who is in turn overthrown by Shi Le and Liu Yao.source

Religion & Belief

  • Gregory the Illuminator appoints his son Aristax as successor in the patriarchate of Armenia.source
  • Constantine the Great is given the title Brittanicus Maximus, for successful engagements in Britain.source
  • Emperor Constantine the Great gives the ancient Roman town Drepana (Asia Minor) the name Helenopolis, after his mother Helena, and builds a church in honour of the martyr St. Lucian.source

Births

  • Liu, Chinese empress and wife of Shi Hu (died 349)source

Deaths

  • February 7 – Min of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 300)source
  • August 31 – Liu Cong, Chinese emperorsource
  • Fan Changsheng, Chinese religious leadersource
  • Theodota of Philippi, Greek harlot and martyrsource
  • Liu Can (or Shiguang), Chinese emperorsource
  • Liu Kun, Chinese general and poet (born 270)source
  • Jin Zhun, Chinese official and chancellorsource