300

This article is about the year 300. For the number, see 300 (number). For other uses, see 300 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	270s  280s  290s  – 300s –  310s  320s  330s
Years:	297 298 299 – 300 – 301 302 303

300 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

300 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	300 CCC
Ab urbe condita	1053
Assyrian calendar	5050
Bengali calendar	−293
Berber calendar	1250
Buddhist calendar	844
Burmese calendar	−338
Byzantine calendar	5808–5809
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 2996 or 2936     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2997 or 2937
Coptic calendar	16–17
Discordian calendar	1466
Ethiopian calendar	292–293
Hebrew calendar	4060–4061
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	356–357
- Shaka Samvat	222–223
- Kali Yuga	3401–3402
Holocene calendar	10300
Iranian calendar	322 BP – 321 BP
Islamic calendar	332 BH – 331 BH
Julian calendar	300 CCC
Korean calendar	2633
Minguo calendar	1612 before ROC 民前1612年
Seleucid era	611/612 AG
Thai solar calendar	842–843

The world in 300

Year 300 (CCC) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1053 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 300 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

By place

Roman Empire

• The Franks penetrated into what is now northern Belgium (approximate date).
• The city of Split is built.
• Camp of Diocletian is built in Palmyra.
• A Romano-Celtic temple-mausoleum complex is constructed in what is now Lullingstone, and also in Anderitum (approximate date).

Asia

• The lion becomes extinct from Armenia (approximate date).
• The Yayoi period ends in Ancient Japan (approximate date).
• Wootz steel is developed in India (approximate date).
• The Kama Sutra, an Indian handbook on the art of sexual love, is probably produced around this time by the sage Vatsyayana.

Africa

• The elephant becomes extinct in North Africa (approximate date).
• The Atlas Wild Ass becomes extinct (approximate date).

America

• The Formative/Preclassic period in Mesoamerica comes to an end (around this year).
• The Mayan civilization reaches its most prolific period, the classic period, in what is now Guatemala, Belize and parts of southern Mexico adjacent to the former two. During most of this period, Tikal dominates the Mayan world.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• The magnetic compass for navigation is invented in China (approximate date).
• The Panchatantra, a Sanskrit collection of fables and fairy tales, is written in India.
• The Tetrarchs are probably made in Egypt. After 330 they are moved to Constantinople and in 1204 they are installed at the corner of the facade of the St Mark's Basilica, Venice (approximate date).
• Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia, is built. Its model is nowadays kept at the Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome.

Religion

• Peter of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Possible date of the Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 and Codex Sinaiticus, manuscripts of the Bible written in Greek.
• Tiridates III makes his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
• Approximate date of the Synod of Elvira in Elvira, Spain, which was a church council that prohibited interaction with Jews, pagans, and heretics.

Births

• Asanga, founder of the Yogacara of Mahayana Buddhism (approximate date)
• Frumentius, Syrian Christian trader (approximate date)
• Hilary of Poitiers (approximate date)
• Li Shou, emperor of Cheng Han (d. 343)
• Jin Mindi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 318)
• Macarius of Egypt, Christian hermit and monk (approximate date)
• Zeno of Verona, Bishop of Verona and martyr (approximate date)

Deaths

• Jia Nanfeng, empress and wife of Jin Huidi (b. 257)
• Liu Ling, Chinese scholar and poet (b. 221)
• Sima Yu, crown prince during the Jin Dynasty (b. 278)
• Sporus of Nicaea, astronomer and mathematician (approximate date)
• December 28 – Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
• Zhang Hua, official of the Jin Dynasty (b. 232)