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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 3rd century
* 4th century
* 5th century

Decades:  |

* 310s
* 320s
* 330s
* 340s
* 350s

Years:  |

* 334
* 335
* 336
* 337
* 338
* 339
* 340

337 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths
* Establishments

337 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 337
CCCXXXVII

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Ab urbe condita| 1090
Assyrian calendar| 5087
Balinese saka calendar| 258–259
Bengali calendar| −256
Berber calendar| 1287
Buddhist calendar| 881
Burmese calendar| −301
Byzantine calendar| 5845–5846
Chinese calendar| 丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
3034 or 2827
— to —
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
3035 or 2828
Coptic calendar| 53–54
Discordian calendar| 1503
Ethiopian calendar| 329–330
Hebrew calendar| 4097–4098
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 393–394
\- Shaka Samvat| 258–259
\- Kali Yuga| 3437–3438
Holocene calendar| 10337
Iranian calendar| 285 BP – 284 BP
Islamic calendar| 294 BH – 293 BH
Javanese calendar| 218–219
Julian calendar| 337
CCCXXXVII
Korean calendar| 2670
Minguo calendar| 1575 before ROC
民前1575年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1131
Seleucid era| 648/649 AG
Thai solar calendar| 879–880
Tibetan calendar| 阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
463 or 82 or −690
— to —
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
464 or 83 or −689
Roman Empire (337) is divided between the territories of (west to east): Constantine II, Constans I, Dalmatius and Constantius II

Year 337 (CCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Felicianus and Titianus (or, less frequently, year 1090 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 337 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[edit]

### By place[edit]

#### Roman Empire[edit]

* May 22 - Constantine the Great, first Christian Roman emperor of the Western Empire (312–324), and of the Roman Empire (324–337), dies in Achyron, near Nicomedia, at age 65, after he is baptized by Eusebius of Nicomedia.[1]
* September - A number of descendants of Constantius Chlorus, and officials of the Roman Empire, are executed for a purge against the sons of Constantine I.
* September 9 - Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti (see map).

#### Persia[edit]

* King Shapur II of Persia begins a war against the Roman Empire. He sends his troops across the Tigris to recover Armenia and Mesopotamia.
* Shapur II besieges the Roman fortress of Nisibis (Syria), but is repulsed by forces under Lucilianus.

#### China[edit]

* Murong Huang claims the title of Prince of Yan, effectively beginning the kingdom of Former Yan.

### By topic[edit]

#### Religion[edit]

* February 6 - A 4-month papal vacancy ends; Pope Julius I succeeds Pope Mark, as the 35th pope.
* June 17 - Constantius II announces the restoration of Athanasius, as Patriarch of Alexandria.
* Paul I becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
* Christianity is declared an official religion in Caucasian Iberia, marking the rise of Christianity in Georgia.

## Births[edit]

* Faxian, Chinese Buddhist monk, traveler (approximate date)
* Fú Jiān, emperor of the Chinese Di state Former Qin (d. 385)
* Lü Guang, founding emperor of the Di state Later Liang (d. 400)
* Zenobius of Florence, Italian bishop and wonderworker (d. 417)

## Deaths[edit]

Saint Eustathius of Antioch Emperor and Saint Constantine the Great Hannibalianus

* January 13 - Leontius of Caesarea, Roman Catholic bishop and saint
* February 21 - Eustathius the Great, patriarch of Antioch (approximate date)
* May 22 - Constantine the Great, emperor of the Roman Empire, Orthodox priest and saint (b. 272)
* May 27 - Flavius Dalmatius, father of Dalmatius and Hannibalianus (executed)
* August 30 - Alexander of Constantinople, bishop of Byzantium (approximate date)
* September 11 - Julius Constantius, son of Constantius Chlorus (executed)
* September 24 - Hannibalianus, king of the Pontus and nephew of Constantine I (executed)
* September 27 - Dalmatius, Caesar and nephew of Constantine I (executed)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fowden, Garth (1994). "The Last Days of Constantine: Oppositional Versions and their Influence". Journal of Roman Studies. 84: 146–170. doi:10.2307/300874. JSTOR 300874. S2CID 161959828.