Events

• Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu
• The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon
• Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire
• Nanjing University first founded in Nanjing, China

Births

• Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date)

Deaths

• August 6 - Pope Sixtus II
• August 10 - Saint Lawrence
• September 14 - Cyprian, early Christian writer
• Novatian, antipope