Editing 331

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{About year|331|the number|331 (number)}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2019}}
{{Year nav|331}}
{{M1 year in topic}}
[[File:Meister der Predigten des Mönchs Johannes Kokkinobaphos 002.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|An image of the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] (1162)]]  
__NOTOC__
Year '''331''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Ablabius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1084 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 331 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 ==
<onlyinclude>

=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constantine the Great]] vigorously promotes [[Christianity]], confiscating the property and valuables of a number of [[paganism|pagan]] temples throughout the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lenski |first=Noel |title=Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics |date=2016-01-15 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-9223-7 |location=Philadelphia |pages=147 |language=en}}</ref>
* Constantine I dedicates the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in [[Constantinople]].  
* Constantine I promulgates a law against divorce.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bardill |first=Jonathan |title=Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age |date=2012 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-76423-0 |pages=290 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Gogugwon of Goguryeo|Gogugwon]] becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of [[Goguryeo]].<ref name=met>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=metmuseum.org |access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Art and Science ====
* [[Eusebius of Caesarea]] writes the ''[[Onomasticon (Eusebius)|Onomasticon]]''.

==== Religion ====
* [[Fifty Bibles of Constantine]] commissioned for use in [[Constantinople]].
* [[Gregory the Illuminator]] withdraws to a small [[sanctuary]] in the [[Daranali]] province ([[Armenia]]). 
</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Jovian (Emperor)|Jovian]], Roman consul and emperor (d. [[364]]) 
* (or 332) [[Julian (emperor)|Julian the Apostate]], Roman emperor (d. [[363]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-Roman-emperor | access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Julian | first1=E Christian | last1=Kopff | first2=Stewart Henry | last2=Perowne | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> 
* [[Yao Chang]], Chinese emperor of the [[Qiang (historical people)|Qiang]] state (d. [[394]]) 
* [[Yao Xiang]] (or '''Jingguo'''), Chinese warlord (d. [[357]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Gregory the Illuminator]], official head of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]]
* [[Micheon of Goguryeo]], Korean ruler of [[Goguryeo]]<ref name=met />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:331}}
[[Category:331| ]]