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 the Diocletian persecution of Christians . |
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| 303 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 295/296 |
| Buddhist calendar | 846/847 (southern Buddhism); 845/846 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 49th (50th) cycle , year of the water-pig癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year water-dog 壬戌) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 270th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 4063/64 (August 29/30) |
| Coptic calendar | 19/20 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita MLVI (1056) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 613/614 (April turn of the year); Syria: 614/615 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 341 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 359/360 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- February 23 : After fifty years of tolerance, the Roman Emperor Diocletian issued an edict on the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire . It bans Christian worship, orders the destruction of churches and imprisonment of Christian state officials, and imposes the death penalty on all Christians who continue to deny the imperial cult - the only religious act prescribed in Rome. The most violent wave of persecution in Roman history ensues.
Empire of China
Culture
- The Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki , completed in 299 , is consecrated.
Born
- 14 / March 15 : Caeionius Rufius Albinus , Roman consul
Died
Date of death secured
- May 8 : Victor of Milan , Christian martyr
- September 14 : Crescentianus of Rome , Christian martyr (* 292 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Cao Huang , former Emperor of China (* 246 )
- Cosmas and Damian , Christian martyrs
- Erasmus of Antioch , Christian martyr (* around 240 )
- Expedit , Christian martyr
Died around 303
- 303 or 304 : August 13th : Kassian , Christian martyr
- 303 or 304 : Eugenius , Roman usurper
- at 303: April 23 : Georg , Christian martyr
- at 303: September 16 : Euphemia of Chalcedon , Christian martyr
- around 303: Bakchos , Christian martyr
- around 303: Firmin the Elder of Amiens , Christian martyr (* around 272 )
- around 303: Justus of Triest , Christian martyr
- around 303: Sergios , Christian martyr
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