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[[File:Solidus-Crispus-sirmium RIC -.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Coin of [[Crispus|Crispus Caesar]] (c. 303–326)]]
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Year '''326''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXXVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Constantinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1079 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 326 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 ====
* Emperor [[Constantine the Great]] travels to [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his accession to power, but while en route at [[Pula|Pola]] he orders his older son, [[Crispus|Crispus Caesar]], to be executed, possibly on charges of [[adultery]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Guthrie |first=Patrick |date=1966 |title=The Execution of Crispus |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1087057 |journal=Phoenix |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=325–331 |doi=10.2307/1087057 |jstor=1087057 |issn=0031-8299|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Later, [[Fausta]], second wife of Constantine I, is also executed by being [[asphyxia|suffocated]] or [[Death by boiling|boiled]] in a hot bath.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Woods |first=David |date=April 1998 |title=On the Death of the Empress Fausta |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/on-the-death-of-the-empress-fausta/3CE624703CA80405ACBFBB40EA629FCC |journal=Greece & Rome |language=en |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=70–86 |doi=10.1093/gr/45.1.70 |issn=1477-4550|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[September 14]] (traditional date) &ndash; [[Helena (Empress)|Helena]], mother of Constantine I, discovers the so-called [[True Cross]] and the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|Holy Sepulchre]] ([[Jesus]]'s tomb) in [[Jerusalem]]. On her pilgrimage, which begins about this year, she pauses on the Aegean island of [[Patmos]], where she is said to found the church of [[Panagia Ekatontapiliani]].
* Helena tells Constantine that he must [[Atonement in Christianity|atone]] for executing his son and wife by building [[Church (building)|church]]es, and at about this date construction begins on [[Old St. Peter's Basilica]], the first church on the traditional site of [[Saint Peter's tomb]] in Rome, and on the basilica of Golgotha on [[Calvary]] outside [[Jerusalem]]. He also commissions construction of the [[Church of the Nativity]] in [[Bethlehem]] (dedicated 339).
* [[Christianity]] is introduced to the [[Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Iberia]] (modern-day [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) by [[Saint Nino]] (approximate date).</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Constantius Gallus]], Roman consul and statesman  (d. [[354]])
* [[Murong Chui]] (or Daoming), Chinese general (d. [[396]])
* [[Procopius (usurper)|Procopius]], Roman general and [[usurper]] (executed 366) (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[Crispus|Flavius Julius Crispus]], son of [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] (b. [[303]])
* [[Fausta|Flavia Maxima Fausta]], Roman empress (b. [[289]])
* [[Licinius II]], Roman consul and ''[[Caesar (title)|caesar]]'' (b. [[315]])
* [[Empress Liu (Liu Yao's second empress)|Liu]] (or Xianlie), Chinese empress of [[Former Zhao|Han Zhao]]

== References ==
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