Editing 330

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Year '''330''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXXX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Gallicanus and Tullianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1083 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 330 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 ====
* [[May 11]] &ndash; Emperor [[Constantine the Great]] dedicates the [[Column of Constantine]] and [[Constantinople]],<ref name=Oxf>"Constantinople" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', [[Oxford University Press]], Oxford, 1991, p. 508. {{ISBN|0-19-504652-8}}</ref> or ''Nova Roma'' (modern-day [[Istanbul]]). He had spent four years expanding the city of [[Byzantium]], having chosen the site for its strategic location on the [[Bosporus]]. The city is later the capital of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]].
* The [[Goths]] devastate the city of [[Tanais]], in the [[Don River (Russia)|Don River]] Delta.

==== 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 ====
* [[Saint Frumentius|Frumentius]] is the first bishop of [[Ethiopia]] (approximate date).
* [[Eustathius of Antioch|Eustathius]], [[Patriarch of Antioch]], is banished to [[Traianoupoli|Trajanopolis]].
* The [[Bible]] is translated into the [[Gothic language]] by [[Ulfilas|Wulfila]].
* [[Paganism|Pagan]] temples begin to be progressively abandoned, destroyed or left to fall into disrepair, save those that are transformed into churches.
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== Births ==
* [[Ammianus Marcellinus]], Graeco-Roman historian (approximate date)
* [[Basil of Caesarea|Basil the Great]], bishop of [[Kayseri|Caesarea Mazaca]] (d. [[379]])
* [[Macrina the Younger]], Christian nun and saint (d. 379)
* [[Moses the Black]], Christian monk and priest (d. [[405]])
* [[Victricius]], Christian [[missionary]] and bishop of Rouen (d. c. 407) 
* [[Yang Xi (mystic)|Yang Xi]], Chinese scholar and [[Chinese calligraphy|calligrapher]] (d. [[386]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Hosios Loukas (diakonikon, arch) - Achillios.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Saint [[Achillius of Larissa]]]]
[[File:Tiridates III illustration.jpeg|thumb|100px|right|Saint [[Tiridates III of Armenia|Tiridates III]]]]
[[File:Elena Colosseo Rome Italy.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Saint [[Helena (empress)|Helena]]]]
* [[Achillius of Larissa]] (or Achilles), Greek bishop 
* [[Arnobius]], Numidian [[Apologetics|apologist]] and writer
* [[Guo Mo]], Chinese general and warlord
* [[Helena, mother of Constantine I|Helena]] (''Augusta''), mother of [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]]
* [[Tiridates III of Armenia|Tiridates III]] ("the Great"), king of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]]
* [[Vicinius of Sarsina]], Italian Christian bishop 
* [[Zu Yue]], Chinese general and warlord

== References ==
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