309
Calendar year
Year 309 (CCCIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Licinianus and Constantius (or, less frequently, year 1062 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 309 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.
01Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, the Praetorian Prefect of Emperor Maxentius, defeats the usurper Domitius Alexander and purges Africa of his supporters.
Persia
- King Hormizd II, ruler of the Sassanid Empire, demands that the king of the Ghassanids pays tribute. After the king refuses, Hormizd invades Ghassanid territory. The Ghassanids seek aid from Maximinus Daza, but before a Roman army can arrive, Hormizd defeats the Ghassanid army and kills their king. A Ghassanid force then ambushes Hormizd's small retinue while the latter is on a hunting trip, and the Sasanian king is mortally wounded. He dies after a 7-year reign.
- Hormizd is succeeded by his infant son Shapur II following the brief reign and murder of Adur Narseh.
By topic
Religion
02Births
- Shapur II (the Great), king of the Sassanid Empire (d. 379)
03Deaths
- January 16 , Marcellus I, bishop of Rome (b. 255)
- Adur Narseh, king of the Sassanid Empire
- Elias and companions, Christian martyrs
- Hormizd II, king of the Sassanid Empire
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