300

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The Franks penetrate into 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).

Europe

• The lion becomes extinct from Armenia around this date.

Africa

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

America

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

By topic

Arts and sciences

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

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

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

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