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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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Constantius Chlorus undertakes a punitive expedition against the Picts beyond the repaired Hadrian's Wall. His son Constantine I joins him on campaign and they win a brilliant victory.
• July 25 – Constantius Chlorus dies outside Eboracum (modern York). Constantine I, age 26, is declared Augustus (emperor) by his troops and awaits recognition by Emperor Galerius.
• Galerius grants Constantine I the title Caesar and elevates 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 does Africa, Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.
• Galerius sends Severus II to suppress the rebellion in Rome. The soldiers desert him and Severus flees to Ravenna.
• The Baths of Diocletian are dedicated, the thermae become the largest imperial baths in Rome.
• The Franks cross the Rhine, but are repulsed by Constantine I.
• The Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa is built in Lisbon.

Asia

• The War of the Eight Princes ends in China.

By topic

Art

• Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), Rome, is started to be built.

Religion

• The Council of Elvira declares that killing through a spell is a sin and the work of the devil.
• Saint Metrophanes becomes bishop of Byzantium.
• Christianity is established in Britain. British bishops participate in the councils of Arles (314), Nicaea (325) and Arminum (349).

Births

• Ephrem the Syrian, Christian saint and hymn writer (approximate date)

Deaths

• July 25 – Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor
• Saint Theodore of Amasea, Christian martyr
• Sima Ying, crown prince of the Jin Dynasty (b. 279)
• Sima Yong, prince and regent of the Jin Dynasty

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