324

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	290s  300s  310s  – 320s –  330s  340s  350s
Years:	321 322 323 – 324 – 325 326 327

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324 (CCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 324th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 324th year of the 1st millennium, the 24th year of the 4th century, and the 5th year of the 320s decade. As of the start of 324, the Gregorian calendar was 1 day ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Battle of the Hellespont, by Pietro da Cortona (1635)

Roman Empire

• July 3 – Battle of Adrianople: Emperor Constantine the Great defeats his rival Licinius near Adrianople. They retreat to Byzantium. He invades Thrace with a Visgothic force and raids the countryside.
• July – Battle of Hellespont: Crispus, destroys Licinius' naval fleet in the Dardanelles.
• September 18 – Battle of Chrysopolis: Constantine I defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis. He becomes sole Emperor.
• December 19 – Licinius gives up his position as Emperor.

Religion

• St Peter's Church is founded in Rome.
• Eustathius becomes bishop of Antioch.

Births

• Chu Suanzi, empress of the Jin Dynasty (d. 384)

Deaths

• December 20 – Philogonus, Patriarch of Antioch
• Guo Pu, Chinese writer (b. 276)
• Wang Dun, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 266)
• Zhang Mao, ruler of Former Liang (b. 277)

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  The northern and eastern frontiers of the Roman Empire in the time of Constantine, with the territories acquired in the course of the thirty years of military campaigns between 306 and 337.