4th century
Categories: 4th century | Centuries
| Centuries: | 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century |
| Decades: | 300s 310s 320s 330s 340s 350s 360s 370s 380s 390s |
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400.
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Overview
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Events
- Definitive declaration of biblical canon: Council of Carthage
- Demotic is replaced by Greek
- Constantine I ends persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Christianity is made the official religion of the Empire. Constantinople becomes new seat of government of the Roman Empire. The Emperor Theodosius I bans pagan worship.
- Flowering of Christian desert monasticism in Egypt.
- Aksum is converted to Christianity by St. Frumentius of Tyre.
- Trade between Europe and Western Sahara.
- Destruction of the Roman Army at the Battle of Adrianople in 378
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Significant persons
- Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan
- Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman Historian
- Emperor Constantine I
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Saint Augustine of Hippo, theologian
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Inventions, discoveries, introductions
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Decades and years
| 290s | 290 | 291 | 292 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 |
| 300s | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 |
| 310s | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 | 317 | 318 | 319 |
| 320s | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 |
| 330s | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 |
| 340s | 340 | 341 | 342 | 343 | 344 | 345 | 346 | 347 | 348 | 349 |
| 350s | 350 | 351 | 352 | 353 | 354 | 355 | 356 | 357 | 358 | 359 |
| 360s | 360 | 361 | 362 | 363 | 364 | 365 | 366 | 367 | 368 | 369 |
| 370s | 370 | 371 | 372 | 373 | 374 | 375 | 376 | 377 | 378 | 379 |
| 380s | 380 | 381 | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 |
| 390s | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 |
| 400s | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 | 409 |
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