306

Year 306 (CCCVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1059 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 306 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century 4th century 5th century
Decades:	280s 290s 300s 310s 320s
Years:	303 304 305 306 307 308 309

306 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	306 CCCVI
Ab urbe condita	1059
Assyrian calendar	5056
Balinese saka calendar	227–228
Bengali calendar	−287
Berber calendar	1256
Buddhist calendar	850
Burmese calendar	−332
Byzantine calendar	5814–5815
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 3002 or 2942     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3003 or 2943
Coptic calendar	22–23
Discordian calendar	1472
Ethiopian calendar	298–299
Hebrew calendar	4066–4067
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	362–363
- Shaka Samvat	227–228
- Kali Yuga	3406–3407
Holocene calendar	10306
Iranian calendar	316 BP – 315 BP
Islamic calendar	326 BH – 325 BH
Javanese calendar	186–187
Julian calendar	306 CCCVI
Korean calendar	2639
Minguo calendar	1606 before ROC 民前1606年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1162
Seleucid era	617/618 AG
Thai solar calendar	848–849
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 432 or 51 or −721     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 433 or 52 or −720

Constantine the Great (York)

Events

Roman Empire

• Constantius Chlorus undertakes a punitive expedition against the Picts beyond the repaired Hadrian's Wall. His son Constantine joins him on campaign and they win a brilliant victory.
• July 25 – Constantius Chlorus dies outside Eboracum (modern-day York). Constantine, age 26, is declared Augustus (emperor) by his troops. Eventually Emperor Galerius grants Constantine the title Caesar and elevates Flavius Valerius Severus (Severus II) to co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• October 28 – Maxentius, son of the former Western Emperor Maximian, joins a revolt by the Praetorian Guard in Rome, and is proclaimed Emperor.
• Southern Italy, bitter over the subjection to taxation, supports Maxentius, as do Africa, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.
• Galerius sends Severus to suppress the rebellion in Rome. The soldiers desert him and Severus flees to Ravenna.
• The Franks cross the Rhine, but are repulsed by Constantine.
• The Baths of Diocletian are dedicated; the thermae become the largest imperial baths in Rome.
• Galerius has the Rotunda of Galerius built in Thessaloniki (Macedonia).

Asia

• The War of the Eight Princes ends in China.

Religion

• Probable date – The Synod of Elvira concludes with the issue of various canons, including one declaring that killing through a magic spell is a sin and the work of the devil.
• Metrophanes becomes bishop of Byzantium.
• The Patriarchate of Lisbon is established.
• Christianity is established in Roman Britain. British bishops participate in the councils of Arles (314), Nicaea (325) and Arminum (349).

Births

• Approximate date – Ephrem the Syrian, Syriac theologian and hymnodist

Deaths

Saint Theodore of Amasea

Saints Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia

Constantius Chlorus

Saint Maginus

• February 17 – Theodore of Amasea, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
• March 4 – Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs
• July 25 – Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (b. c.250)
• August 25 – Saint Maginus, Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona, Catalonia; beheaded

Date Unknown

• Sima Ying, crown prince of Jin dynasty China (b. 279)

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