333

Year 333 (CCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dalmatius and Zenophilus (or, less frequently, year 1086 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 333 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:	310s 320s 330s 340s 350s
Years:	330 331 332 333 334 335 336

333 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	333 CCCXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1086
Assyrian calendar	5083
Balinese saka calendar	254–255
Bengali calendar	−260
Berber calendar	1283
Buddhist calendar	877
Burmese calendar	−305
Byzantine calendar	5841–5842
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3029 or 2969     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3030 or 2970
Coptic calendar	49–50
Discordian calendar	1499
Ethiopian calendar	325–326
Hebrew calendar	4093–4094
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	389–390
- Shaka Samvat	254–255
- Kali Yuga	3433–3434
Holocene calendar	10333
Iranian calendar	289 BP – 288 BP
Islamic calendar	298 BH – 297 BH
Javanese calendar	214–215
Julian calendar	333 CCCXXXIII
Korean calendar	2666
Minguo calendar	1579 before ROC 民前1579年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1135
Seleucid era	644/645 AG
Thai solar calendar	875–876
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 459 or 78 or −694     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 460 or 79 or −693

Events

Roman Empire

• Flavius Dalmatius and Domitius Zenofilus are appointed consuls.
• Emperor Constantine the Great pulls Roman troops out of Britain, and abandons work on Hadrian's Wall.
• Calocaerus revolts against Constantine I and proclaims himself emperor. Flavius Dalmatius, responsible for the security of the eastern frontier, is sent to Cyprus to suppress the rebellion.
• December 25 – Constantine I elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar at Constantinople.

China

• Shi Hong succeeds his father Shi Le as Emperor of the Later Zhao Empire, in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, but Shi Hong's third cousin Shi Hu holds the real power. Empress Dowager Liu (widow of Shi Le) fails to get rid of Shi Hu, and Shi Hu has her deposed and killed.

Births

• Saint Monica, Algerian Christian saint and mother of Augustine of Hippo (approximate date)

Deaths

• Empress Liu
• Murong Hui, Xianbei chief and Duke Xiang of Liaodong (b. 269)
• Shi Le, founder and emperor of the Chinese Jie state (b. 274)

References