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Year '''327''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in Rome as the '''Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Maximus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1080 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 327 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]] decrees that rural [[slavery|slaves]] can only be sold in the province where they reside, in order to resolve the shortage of [[manual labour|labour]] in the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Westermann |first=William Linn |title=The Slave Systems of Greek and Roman Antiquity |publisher=American Philosophical Society |year=1955 |isbn=978-0-87169-040-1 |pages=133 |language=en |author-link=William Linn Westermann}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Construction begins on the [[Domus Aurea (Antioch)|Great Church]] of [[Antioch]], which was completed in 341.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kayaalp |first=Elif Keser |title=Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia |date=2021 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-886493-6 |pages=84 |language=en}}</ref>
* Approximate traditional date &ndash; [[Helena (empress)|Helena]], mother of Constantine, returning from her pilgrimage to the [[Holy Land]], founds [[Stavrovouni Monastery]] on [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Giles |first=H. Preston |title=A Guide to the Island of Cyprus |last2=Maiden |first2=A. R. |publisher=Cyprus Publications |year=1931 |pages=57 |language=en}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Urban of Langres]], French [[bishop]] and saint
* [[Zhang Chonghua]], Chinese ruler of [[Former Liang|Han-Zhao]] (d. [[353]])

==Deaths==
[[File:Mar Awtel.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Saint [[Awtel]]]]
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Awtel]], [[Eastern Christian]] monk and saint
* [[Saint Cleopatra|Cleopatra]], Christian martyr and saint (or [[319]])
* [[Jonas and Barachisius]], Persian martyrs
* [[Melitius of Lycopolis]], Christian bishop

== References ==
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