__NOTOC__ Year 300 ( CCC) was a

leap year starting on Monday A leap year starting on Monday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Monday, 1 January, and ends on Tuesday, 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are GF. The most recent year of such kind was 1996 and the n ...

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Julian calendar The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandr ...

. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1053 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 300 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Emperor Diocletian begins construction of a palace that will become the city of Split (city), Split (approximate date). Diocletian, who plans on abdicating, intends to use this palace as his place of retirement. * Caesar Constantius I wins a victory over the Franks (approximate date).

Asia

* The lion becomes extinct from Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Armenia (approximate date). * The Yayoi period ends in Ancient Japan (approximate date). * Wootz steel is developed in India (approximate date). * The ''Kama Sutra'', an Indian handbook on the art of Human sexual activity, sexual love, is probably produced around this time by the sage Vatsyayana. * Micheon of Goguryeo, Micheon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Africa

* The elephant becomes extinct in North Africa (approximate date). * The Atlas wild ass becomes extinct (approximate date).

Mesoamerica

* The Mesoamerica#Preclassic/Formative, Formative/Preclassic period in Mesoamerica comes to an end approximately around this year. * The Mayan civilization reaches its most prolific period, the classic period, in what is now Guatemala, Belize and parts of southern Mexico adjacent to the former two. During most of this period, Tikal dominates the Mayan world.

By topic

Art and Science

* 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. * The St Mark's Basilica#The Tetrarchs, Tetrarchs are probably made in Egypt (Roman province), Egypt. After 330 they are moved to Constantinople and in 1204 they are installed at the corner of the facade of the St Mark's Basilica#The Tetrarchs, St Mark's Basilica, Venice (approximate date). * Diocletian's Palace, Split (city), Split, Croatia, is built. Its model is nowadays kept at the Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome.

Religion

* Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Peter of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria. * Possible date of the Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 and Codex Sinaiticus, manuscripts of the Bible written in Koine Greek, Greek. * Tiridates III of Armenia, Tiridates III makes his Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. * Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Granada, Elvira, Hispania, Spain, which prohibits interaction with Jews, Paganism, pagans, and heretics.

Births

* Aemilia Hilaria, Gallo-Roman physician (approximate date) * Flavius Hermogenes, Roman prefect and politician (d. 361) * Saint Frumentius, Frumentius, Syrian missionary and bishop (approximate date) * Hilary of Poitiers, Gallo-Roman bishop (approximate date) * Li Shou, Chinese emperor of the Cheng Han, Cheng Han Dynasty (d. 343) * Macarius of Egypt, Coptic Christian monk and hermit (d. 391) * Emperor Min of Jin, Min of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265-420), Jin Dynasty (d. 318) * Zeno of Verona, Christian bishop and martyr (approximate date)

Deaths

* Jia Mi, Chinese general, official and politician * Empress Jia Nanfeng, Jia Nanfeng, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. 257) * Liu Ling (poet), Liu Ling, Chinese scholar and poet (b. 221) * Lüzhu, Chinese dancer, singer and music teacher * Pan Yue (poet), Pan Yue, Chinese poet and writer (b. 247) * Pei Wei (Jin dynasty), Pei Wei, Chinese philosopher and politician (b. 267) * Shi Chong, Chinese politician and statesman (b. 249) * Sima Yu, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (b. 278) * Sporus of Nicaea, Greek mathematician (approximate date) * Zhang Hua, Chinese official, scholar and poet (b. 232)

References

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