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Events

By Place

Roman Empire

* Jovian surrenders Mesopotamia to the Persians.
* February 17 — Jovian dies at Tyana, in Asia Minor.
* February 26 — Valentinian I is proclaimed Emperor by the army.
* March 28 — Valens becomes co-emperor.
* Valentinian settles in Paris and establishes a militia to defend the region. His reign ensures the empire a few years of relative security.
* Valens (an Arian) begins the first antipagan persecutions.

By topic

Religion

* The Council of Laodicea decides the doctrine of the Christian church and the contents of the Bible.

Births

* Sima Daozi
* Xu Xianzhi

Deaths

* February 17 — Jovian, Roman emperor
* Ge Hong, Chinese Daoist philosopher, poet, alchemist, government official, and biographer (born 284)