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310 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 310
CCCX
Ab urbe condita 1063
Assyrian calendar 5060
Balinese saka calendar 231–232
Bengali calendar −283
Berber calendar 1260
Buddhist calendar 854
Burmese calendar −328
Byzantine calendar 5818–5819
Chinese calendar 己巳(Earth  Snake)
3006 or 2946
     to 
庚午年 (Metal  Horse)
3007 or 2947
Coptic calendar 26–27
Discordian calendar 1476
Ethiopian calendar 302–303
Hebrew calendar 4070–4071
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 366–367
 - Shaka Samvat 231–232
 - Kali Yuga 3410–3411
Holocene calendar 10310
Iranian calendar 312 BP – 311 BP
Islamic calendar 322 BH – 321 BH
Javanese calendar 190–191
Julian calendar 310
CCCX
Korean calendar 2643
Minguo calendar 1602 before ROC
民前1602年
Nanakshahi calendar −1158
Seleucid era 621/622 AG
Thai solar calendar 852–853
Tibetan calendar 阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
436 or 55 or −717
     to 
阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
437 or 56 or −716
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King Shapur II the Great

Year 310 ( CCCX ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Andronicus and Probus (or, less frequently, year 1063 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 310 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.

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Roman Empire

  • Caesar Maximinus Daza is acclaimed Augustus by his troops. Emperor Galerius decides to recognize both Maximinus and Constantine I as Augustus. In accordance with the fact that Maximinus and Constantine had joined the imperial college before Emperor Licinius, Licinius is moved from second to fourth place in the official hierarchy.
  • July 11 Maximian, retired co-emperor, rebels against Constantine I while the latter is campaigning against the Franks. He attempts to make himself emperor at Arles. Constantine marches his army along the Rhine and embarks his troops at Chalon-sur-Saône. Maximian flees to Marseille where he is besieged and surrenders. Constantine encourages his suicide and Maximian, age 60, hangs himself. Emperor Maxentius condemns the killing of his father.
  • Licinius campaigns with success against the Carpi (approximate date).

Asia

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Commerce

  • At Trier, Constantine orders the minting of a new coin, the solidus , in an effort to offset the declining value of the denarius and bring stability to the imperial currency by restoring a gold standard. The solidus (later known as the bezant ) will be minted in the Byzantine Empire without change in weight or purity until the 10th century.

Religion

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Deaths

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Emperor Maximian
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Pope Eusebius

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