Events

By Place

Roman Empire

• May 11 — Constantine I refounds Byzantium, renames it New Rome, and moves the capital of the Roman Empire there from Rome. It is later known as Constantinople.

Africa

• Ezana, king of Axum, extends his area of control to the west. He defeats the Nobates, and destroys the kingdom of Meroë.

By Topic

Religion

• Frumentius is the first bishop of Ethiopia (approximate date).
• Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, is banished to Trajanopolis.
• The Bible is translated into the Gothic language by Wulfila.
• Pagan temples are progressively abandoned, destroyed or left to fall into disrepair, save those that are transformed into Christian churches.

Births

• Basil of Caesarea, Eastern Orthodox saint (approximate date)
• St. Moses the Black, Christian monk
• Saint Macrina the Younger, Christian nun

Deaths

• Iamblichus, neoplatonist philosopher