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| c. 300 |
| | | St Anthony, one of the early Christian hermits in the Egyptian desert, is tempted by terrifying hallucinations | |
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| c. 300 |
| | | The Jews of the Diaspora have by now spread through much of the Roman empire, where they are treated with tolerance | |
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| c. 300 |
| | | Ten dynasties and nineteen kingdoms jockey for power in the three centuries after the fall of the Han dynasty | |
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| 303 |
| | | The emperor Diocletian initiates a sustained persecution of Christians in the Roman empire | |
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| 305 |
| | | Diocletian resigns from his position as Augustus because of ill health, and retires to Dalmatia | |
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| 306 |
| | | Constantine's father, recently appoinnted Augustus in the west, dies at York and the young man is proclaimed Augustus in his place by the legions in Britain | |
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| 312 |
| | | Constantine, preparing for battle against a rival at the Milvian Bridge, orders his men to wear a Christian symbol, the Chi-Rho, on their shields | |
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| 312 |
| | | After winning the battle at Milvian Bridge, Constantine marches into Rome and is formally acknowledged by the Senate as Augustus of the west | |
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| 313 |
| | | Constantine meets his co-emperor Licinius in Milan, and persuades him to follow a policy of encouraging the Christians | |
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| 314 |
| | | Warming to his new Christian role, Constantine summons more than 300 bishops to Arles to discuss the controversial issue of Donatus | |
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