Editing 309

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Year '''309''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Constantius'''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=William|title=A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography (Partly Based Upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology)|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|year=1862|pages=1008}}</ref> (or, less frequently, '''year 1062 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 309 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus]], the [[Praetorian Prefect]] of Emperor [[Maxentius]], defeats the usurper [[Domitius Alexander]] and purges Africa of his supporters.

==== Persia ====
* King [[Hormizd II]], ruler of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid Empire]], demands that the king of the [[Ghassanids]] pays tribute. After the king refuses, Hormizd invades Ghassanid territory. The Ghassanids seek aid from [[Maximinus Daza]], but before a Roman army can arrive, Hormizd defeats the Ghassanid army and kills their king. A Ghassanid force then ambushes Hormizd's small retinue while the latter is on a hunting trip, and the Sasanian king is mortally wounded. He dies after a 7-year reign.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bal'ami|first=Abu Ali|title=Annals, Chapter 15}}</ref> 
* Hormizd is succeeded by his infant son [[Shapur II]] following the brief reign and murder of [[Adur Narseh]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith Williams|first=Henry|title=The Historians' History of the World|publisher=Creative Media Partners|date=March 16, 2019|isbn=9781010421023}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Pope [[Pope Marcellus I|Marcellus I]] is banished from [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] by  Emperor [[Maxentius]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Johann Joseph Ignaz|first=von Doellinger|title=Hippolytus and Callistus: or, the Church of Rome in the first half of the third century|last2=Baur|first2=Ferdinand Christian|last3=Gieseler|first3=Johann Carl Ludwig|last4=Plummer|first4=Alfred|last5=Wordsworth|first5=Christopher|year=1876|pages=66}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Pope Eusebius|Eusebius]] succeeds Marcellus I as the 31st pope, but is himself banished on [[August 17]] to [[Sicily]] (these events may have also taken place in [[310]]).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bower|first=Archibald|title=The History of the Popes: From the Foundation of the See of Rome to A.D. 1758 · Volume 1|publisher=Griffith and Simon|year=1844|pages=41}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Shapur II]] ('''the Great'''), king of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid Empire]] (d. [[379]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Pope Marcellus I|Marcellus I]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] (b. [[255]])
* [[Adur Narseh]], king of the Sassanid Empire
* [[Elias and companions]], Christian martyrs
* [[Hormizd II]], king of the Sassanid Empire

== References ==
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