311

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	280s  290s  300s  – 310s –  320s  330s  340s
Years:	308 309 310 – 311 – 312 313 314

Domitius Alexander

Year 311 (CCCXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Roman Empire

• May 5 – Emperor Galerius says there is religious freedom . He issues his Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. He dies at age 51.
• Maximinus II divides the Eastern Empire. He starts to persecute Christians again.
• Maxentius, Roman usurper, takes the African provinces from Domitius Alexander.
• Maxentius builds the Circus of Maxentius near the Via Appia.
• December 3 – Diocletianus dies in Split, Croatia.

China

• Jin Huaidi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is captured at Luoyang. The capital city is looted by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Huns).

Religion

• July 2 – Pope Miltiades succeeds Pope Eusebius as the 32nd pope.
• The Donatist split occurs in the African church.

Deaths

• Domitius Alexander, Roman usurper (approximate date)
• December 3 – Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Roman Emperor
• May 5 – Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus, Roman emperor
• November 25 – Saint Peter, Patriarch of Alexandria (martyred)
• Sima Yue, prince and regent of the Jin Dynasty