337
Year 337 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Felicianus and Titianus. 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
By place
- May 22 - Constantine the Great, first Christian Roman emperor of the Western Empire, and of the Roman Empire, dies in Achyron, near Nicomedia, at age 65 after he is baptized by Eusebius of Nicomedia.
- 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.
- 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, but is repulsed by the forces under Lucilianus.
China
- Murong Huang claims the title of Prince of Yan, effectively beginning the kingdom of Former Yan.
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