Events

• August 30 - Council of Arles , which confirmed the pronouncement of Donatism as a schism, and passed other canons.
• Synod of Ancyra: consulting a magician is declared a sin earning five years of penance.
• Pope Silvester I succeeds Pope Miltiades.
• Alexander becomes Bishop of Byzantium.

Births

• Libanius, Greek Sophist

Deaths

• January 11 - Pope Miltiades
• Maximinus, Roman Emperor
• Saint Metrophanes, Bishop of Byzantium