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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400.

1 Events

• Definitive declaration of biblical canon: Council of Carthage
• Demotic is replaced by Greek
• Constantine I ends persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Christianity is made the official religion of the Empire. The Roman Empire's seat of government is moved to Constantinople.
• Destruction of the Roman Army at the Battle of Adrianople in 378Events Mid-February: Lentienses cross frozen Rhine, invading Roman Empire. Later that year they are defeated by Gratianus. August 9 Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens i

2 Significant persons

• Saint AmbroseSaint Ambrose Latin Sanctus Ambrosius Italian Sant'Ambrogio (circa 340 April 4, 397), bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent fathers of the Christian church in the 4th century. A man of vigorous mind, trained as a lawyer, of unwearying zeal and unco, bishop of MilanThis is about the Italian city of Milan. For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). Milan Milano in the Italian language, and Milan in Milanese dialect, from Latin, Mediolanum with the meaning of 'in the middle of the plain') is the main city in northern
• Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus Marcellinus thought by some to be the last Roman historian of worth, was born about A. 325330 likely at Antioch (the likelihood hingeing on whether he was the recipient of a surviving letter to a Marcellinus from a fellow citizen of Antioch)., Roman Historian
• Emperor Constantine I
• Saint Martin of ToursSaint Martin of Tours (latin: Martinus , (born 316 or 317; died November 11, 397) was a native of Sabaria, Pannonia. His father had reached the rank of an important officer in the Roman army. Martin was named after Mars, the god of war, meaning Martin, th
• Saint Augustine of HippoAurelius Augustinus Augustine of Hippo ( 354 430) is a saint and the pre-eminent Doctor of the Church according to Roman Catholicism; he was the eldest son of Saint Monica. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, which does not accept all of his teachings, he is, theologian

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

4 Decades and years

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