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* 3rd century
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* 340s
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* 328
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* 330
* 331
* 332
* 333
* 334

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331 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 331
CCCXXXI

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Ab urbe condita| 1084
Assyrian calendar| 5081
Balinese saka calendar| 252–253
Bengali calendar| −263 – −262
Berber calendar| 1281
Buddhist calendar| 875
Burmese calendar| −307
Byzantine calendar| 5839–5840
Chinese calendar| 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger)
3028 or 2821
— to —
辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
3029 or 2822
Coptic calendar| 47–48
Discordian calendar| 1497
Ethiopian calendar| 323–324
Hebrew calendar| 4091–4092
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 387–388
\- Shaka Samvat| 252–253
\- Kali Yuga| 3431–3432
Holocene calendar| 10331
Iranian calendar| 291 BP – 290 BP
Islamic calendar| 300 BH – 299 BH
Javanese calendar| 212–213
Julian calendar| 331
CCCXXXI
Korean calendar| 2664
Minguo calendar| 1581 before ROC
民前1581年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1137
Seleucid era| 642/643 AG
Thai solar calendar| 873–874
Tibetan calendar| ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་
(male Iron-Tiger)
457 or 76 or −696
— to —
ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་
(female Iron-Hare)
458 or 77 or −695
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Year 331 (CCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Ablabius (or, less frequently, year 1084 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 331 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

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### By place

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#### Roman Empire

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* Emperor Constantine the Great vigorously promotes Christianity, confiscating the property and valuables of a number of pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire.[1]
* Constantine I dedicates the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
* Constantine I promulgates a law against divorce.[2]

#### Asia

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* Gogugwon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.[3]

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#### Art and Science

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* Eusebius of Caesarea writes the Onomasticon.

#### Religion

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* Fifty Bibles of Constantine commissioned for use in Constantinople.
* Gregory the Illuminator withdraws to a small sanctuary in the Daranali province (Armenia).

## Births

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* Jovian, Roman consul and emperor (d. 364)
* (or 332) Julian the Apostate, Roman emperor (d. 363)[4]
* Yao Chang, Chinese emperor of the Qiang state (d. 394)
* Yao Xiang (or Jingguo), Chinese warlord (d. 357)

## Deaths

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* Gregory the Illuminator, official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church
* Micheon of Goguryeo, Korean ruler of Goguryeo[3]

## References

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1. ^ Lenski, Noel (January 15, 2016). Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 147\. ISBN 978-0-8122-9223-7.
2. ^ Bardill, Jonathan (2012). Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 290\. ISBN 978-0-521-76423-0.
3. ^ a b "List of Rulers of Korea". metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
4. ^ Kopff, E Christian; Perowne, Stewart Henry. "Julian". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

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