Crime & Justice in the 4th century

20 sourced entries, 306 CE to 396 CE, oldest first. Also see Crime & Justice across every century or everything else in the 4th century.

• 306Galerius has the Rotunda of Galerius built in Thessaloniki (Macedonia).source
• 307November 11 – Following the murder of Severus, Galerius promotes Licinius to Augustus.source
• 309Hormizd is succeeded by his infant son Shapur II following the brief reign and murder of Adur Narseh.source
• 312October 29 – Constantine enters Rome; he stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and decapitated.source
• 313Licinius conducts a purge of the wider Tetrarchic dynasty. He executes Galerius' son Candidianus, Valerius Severus' son Severianus (whom he accuses of conspiracy), and Maximinus' wife, son and daughter. Diocletian's wife Prisca and daughter Galeria Valeria go into hiding.source
• 314A large Pictish raid southwards in Roman Britain is attempted.source
• 315Crucifixion is abolished as punishment in the Roman Empire.source
• 337A number of descendants of Constantius Chlorus, and officials of the Roman Empire, are executed in a purge.source
• 341Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.source
• 350June 30 – Nepotianus is defeated and killed by Marcellinus, a trusted general sent by Magnentius. His head is put on a spear and carried around the city.source
• 351Emperor Shi Zhi, last ruler of the Later Zhao dynasty, is killed by Ran Min's forces, an action that sets the stage for Wei's victory in the Ran Wei–Later Zhao war.source
• 352Ran Wei is destroyed after Ran Min is killed by Murong Jun, the Xianbei emperor of the Former Yan.source
• 353Constantius II sends his official Paulus Catena to Britain, to hunt down the opponents supporting Magnentius. Flavius Martinus, vicarius of Britain and supporter of Constantius, opposes the persecutions; he is then accused by Catena of being a traitor. In response, Martinus tries to kill Catena with a sword; he fails and then commits suicide.source
• 354Emperor Constantius II recalls his Caesar (and cousin) Constantius Gallus to Constantinople after hearing unfavorable reports about him. Gallus, Caesar of the East, has suppressed revolts in Syria Palaestina and central Anatolia. Constantius strips him of his powers and later has him executed in Pola (Croatia).source
• 355August 11 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor. After 28 days, Ursicinus arrives from Rome and has Silvanus murdered.source
• 361Ministers and followers of Constantius II are put on trial, at the Chalcedon Tribunal.source
• 377Chinese painter Gu Kaizhi paints his work, "The Nymph of the Luo River".source
• 378The Goths attack Adrianople; they attempt to scale the city walls with ladders but are repelled by the defenders, who drop lumps of masonry.source
• 395November 27 – Rufinus, Praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.source
• 396Emperor Jìn Ān Dì, age 14, succeeds his father Emperor Xiaowu as ruler of the Eastern Jin dynasty after he is murdered by his concubine Honoured Lady Zhang.source