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Shapur II coin
Shapur II is - still unborn - proclaimed the successor to Hormizd II as ruler of the Sassanid Empire .
309 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar 301/302
Buddhist calendar 852/853 (southern Buddhism); 851/852 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar 50th (51st) cycle , year of the earth-serpent己巳 ( at the beginning of the year earth-dragon 龙 辰)
Greek calendar 4th year of the 271st / 1st year of the 272nd Olympiad
Jewish calendar 4069/70 (September 21/22)
Coptic calendar 25/26
Roman calendar ab urbe condita MLXII (1062)
Seleucid era Babylon: 619/620 (turn of April); Syria: 620/621 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era 347
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) 365/366 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

  • When the Persian Great King Hormizd II died after seven years in office, fierce succession battles broke out. Finally, the mighty nobles raise the unborn Shapur II to the rank of great king.

economy

  • The aureus is replaced by the solidus in the western part of the Roman Empire . In the eastern part, the old coin is still valid.

religion

  • Roman Empire : Under Bishop Marcellus I , riots broke out in the Christian community in Rome , as the latter provided severe penalties for Christians who fell away from their faith during the persecution. When public tumult broke out in the city, he was banished from Rome by Maxentius .
  • April 18 : Eusebius becomes the new bishop of Rome. He advocates the return of apostate Christians to the church after a period of penance.
  • August 17th : After the Christian community in Rome continued to disagree, Maxentius banished the two main opponents, Eusebius and Heraclius, to Sicily. The office of bishop then remains vacant for the time being.

Born

  • Shapur II , great king of the Persian Sassanid Empire († 379 )

Died

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