Editing 315

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[[File:RomeConstantine'sArch03.jpg|thumb|[[Arch of Constantine]] ([[Rome]])]]
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Year '''315''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in Rome as the '''Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Licinianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1068 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 315 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Constantine the Great]] and co-emperor [[Licinius]] battle the [[Sarmates]], the [[Goths]] and the [[Carpians]] along the [[Danube]]. Constantine leads a punitive expedition into [[Dacia]] and reestablishes the Roman [[fortification]]s of the frontier.
* [[July 25]] &ndash; The [[Arch of Constantine]] is completed near the [[Colosseum]] at [[Rome]] to commemorate Constantine's victory over [[Maxentius]] at the [[Ponte Milvio|Milvian Bridge]]. As part of the [[ceremony]] Constantine is expected to make a [[sacrifice]] to Rome's traditional gods, but he refuses to do so.
* Constantine I dedicates the [[Basilica of Maxentius]] and installs a large [[statue]] of himself inside it.
* [[Crucifixion]] is abolished as punishment in the [[Roman Empire]].
* A program of assistance to the poor is established in the Roman Empire. 
* Immense baths are constructed in ''[[History of Trier|Augusta Treverorum]]'' (modern-day [[Trier]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Eusebius of Caesarea|Eusebius]] becomes [[bishop]] of [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]] (approximate date).
* The [[Lamb of God|lamb]] becomes the symbol of [[Jesus]] in [[Christian art]].
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== Births ==
* [[Hannibalianus|Flavius Hannibalianus]], ruler of [[Armenia]] and [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] (d. [[337]])
* [[Hilary of Poitiers]], Christian bishop and [[Doctor of the Church]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Saint Hilary of Poitiers - bishop of Poitiers|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Hilary-of-Poitiers|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=7 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Himerius]], Greek sophist and [[rhetoric]]ian (approximate date)
* [[Vettius Agorius Praetextatus]], Roman politician (d. [[384]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:San Valero, Francisco de Goya.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Saint [[Valerius of Saragossa]]]]
[[File:Maternus von Koeln, Egbert Psalter.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Saint [[Maternus of Cologne]]]]
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Maternus of Cologne]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]]
* [[Du Tao]] (or '''Jingwen'''), Chinese general and rebel leader
* [[Galeria Valeria]], Roman empress and wife of [[Galerius]]
* [[Prisca (empress)|Prisca]], Roman empress and wife of [[Diocletian]] (b. [[247]])
* [[Valerius of Saragossa]], Christian bishop and martyr

== References ==
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