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Minervius Burdigalensis, Victorinus, Donatus, Alcimus, Delphidius, and Mamertinus the younger; 

 the Christian Latin writer Gregorius Boeticus. 



"The same year " (Clint.), date of an inscription on the "thermae" or "baths" of Constantine 

 at Rome : where also, the temple of Concordia was rebuilt with increased costliness and endowments. 

 The Sarmatae, expelled by servile insurrection, received by Constantine, and " more than three hun- 

 dred thousand" distributed throughout "Thrace, Scythia, Macedonia, and Italy." 



"335 A. D." (Clint), of the provinces, Gaul governed by Constantine the younger; the East, 

 by Constantius ; Pontus, by Hannibalianus ; Illyria, Italy, and Africa, by Constans ; while the Gothic 

 frontier was guarded by Dalmatius. Coins of Dalmatius, and of Hannibalianus, are extant. 



"The same year" (Euseb., Clint., and T. Wright), by Constantine, a church dedicated at Jeru- 

 salem ; in the Chronicon Paschale called " tou agiou staurou" of the holy Cross. A synod of Arians 

 also held in this year at Jerusalem (Theodoret., and Clint.). By Constantine also, the edict against 

 the Jews modified ; so as to permit them to enter the city " once a-year, to wail over the desolation 

 of the 'holy and beautiful house' in which their fathers worshipped God" (Kitt. cycl. bibl.). 



" May 8th " (cod. Theodos., and Clint.), at Carthage, a law issued to protect Jews from mal- 

 treatment. 



"336 A. D." (Socrat, and Clint), Marcellus deposed, and succeeded as bishop of Ancyra by 

 Basilius. 



The "eight months " of Marcus, thirty-second bishop of Rome — referred to this year by Alsted, 

 and Nicolas. 



"The same year" (Alst. pp. 341 and 368), by a synod at Carthage, the clergy prohibited from 

 holding office or taking part in the administration of government. 



Embalmed bodies or mummies of "the time of Constantine," — and some perhaps "a century 

 later," are mentioned by Birch. So late even as the visit of Baumgarten i. 16 (Churchill coll.), the 

 Egyptians are described as not burying their dead ; "but having anointed and embalmed them with a 

 great deal of art, they lay them either in houses or in the open air ; " usually " in vaults built on pur- 

 pose on the tops of their houses ; and value themselves mightily, if they can shew that they have 

 accommodated their dead friends within their houses." 



"337 A. D." (Hieronym., and Clint), at Nicomedia, Constantine, in daily expectation of death, 

 declaring his intention of becoming a Christian and receiving baptism from the Arian bishop Euse- 

 bius. Christianity thus becoming the religion of the State. 



"May 22d" (chron. Pasch., and Clint.), Constantine succeeded by his three sons : Constantine 

 the Younger, Constantius II., and Constans. 



"338 A. D." (Hieronym., and Clint), in Mesopotamia, Nisibis besieged by the Persians under 

 Sapor II., and saved through the intercession of Jacobus, bishop of the city. 



"340 A. D." (Socrat, and Clint), Eusebius the chronologer succeeded as bishop of Caesarea in 

 Palestine by Acacius. 



"The same year" (cod. Theodos., and Clint), death of Constantine the younger at Aquileia; 

 warring against his brother Constans. 



In this year (=331 + "9 years reign" in Mahavams. xxxvii.), Dattatissa succeeded by his 

 son Buddaduwsa, now king of Ceylon. — In his reign, the "Scripture in Palee was translated into 

 Cingalese." 



"341, Feb. 12th" (cod. Theodos., Athanas., and Clint), Constantius II. attending an Arian 

 synod at Antioch. By this synod, Athanasius was deposed and Gregorius appointed bishop of Alex- 

 andria. Withdrawing to Rome, Athanasius was received by Julius, thirty-third bishop : — who in the 

 following year issued a letter, claiming that the diocese of Alexandria was by itself insufficient, and 

 that the bishop of Rome ought to have been consulted. 



Letter of Constantius II. to Aeizanas and Sazanas, kings of Axum, requiring them to send Fru- 

 mentius to Alexandria for re-consecration (Athanas. apol.). In a Greek inscription at Axum (M. 

 Russel p. 248), Aeizanas enumerates as under his dominion the Axomites, Homerites, Raeidan, Ethi- 

 opians, Sabeans, Zeyla, Tiamo, Boja, and Taquie, and mentions his brother Saiazana. 



"The same year" (cod. Theodos., and Clint.), a law promulgated, abolishing the ancient relig- 

 ious rite of sacrifices. 



"342 A. D." (Idat., and Clint), at Constantinople, sedition on account of the bishop, Paulus ; 

 whose expulsion had been ordered by the Arians and Constantius II. In Gaul, the Franci defeated 

 by Constans, and reduced to sueing for peace. 



"343, Jan- 25th" (cod. Theodos., and Clint.), Constans at Boulogne, on his way to Britain; a 

 journey as yet untried in the winter season. Pie returned in June. 



