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Events

By Place

Roman Empire

• The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon
• Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire
• The amount of silver in Roman currency falls below 10%.
• A second Imperial edict prohibits Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into four categories: priests, who are to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who are to be exiled, and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.

Asia

• Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu

By Topic

Religion

• Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, is martyred (decapitation).
• Pope Sixtus II is martyred.

Education

• 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
• Zhuge Dan, relative of Zhuge Liang who rebelled against the Wei Kingdom

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