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Year '''318''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCCXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Crispus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1071 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 318 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 ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Constantine the Great]] gives the ancient Roman town Drepana ([[Asia Minor]]) the name [[Helenopolis, Bithynia|Helenopolis]], after his mother [[Helena (Empress)|Helena]], and builds a [[church (building)|church]] in honour of the martyr [[Lucian of Antioch|St. Lucian]].
* Constantine the Great is given the title '''Brittanicus Maximus''', for successful engagements in [[Roman Britain|Britain]].

==== Asia ====
* The [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Eastern Jin]] dynasty loses its territories to the north of the [[Yangtze River]], to the benefit of the [[Xiongnu]] and the [[Xianbei]]. The [[Han Zhao|Former Zhao]] state is proclaimed; [[Liu Can]] and the state ruling family at [[Linfen|Pingyang]] is executed in a [[coup d'état]] by [[Jin Zhun]], who is in turn overthrown by [[Shi Le]] and [[Liu Yao]].
* Liu Yao becomes the new [[emperor]] of Han-Zhao and moves his capital to [[Chang'an]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Gregory the Illuminator]] appoints his son Aristax as successor in the [[patriarchate]] of [[Armenia]].
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== Births ==
* [[Empress Liu (Shi Hu's wife)|Liu]], Chinese empress and wife of [[Shi Hu]] (d. [[349]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Emperor Min of Jin|Min of Jin]], Chinese emperor (b. [[300]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Timothy M. |title=Entombed epigraphy and commemorative culture in early medieval China: a brief history of early muzhiming |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-90-04-30642-4 |series=Studies in the history of Chinese texts |location=Leiden |pages=45}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Liu Cong (Han Zhao)|Liu Cong]], Chinese emperor
* [[Fan Changsheng]], Chinese religious leader
* [[Jin Zhun]], Chinese official and chancellor
* [[Liu Can]] (or '''Shiguang'''), Chinese emperor
* [[Liu Kun (Jin dynasty)|Liu Kun]], Chinese general and poet (b. [[270]])
* [[Theodota of Philippi]], Greek [[harlot]] and martyr

== References ==
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