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313| 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | 313 | Pannonia, Thrace, Moesia, Roman Empire [wars] | The Western Roman emperor Constantine I the Great defeats the Eastern emperor Licinius in Pannonia and exacts surrender of the provinces of Pannonia and Moesia, thus gaining control of all of Roman Europe except Thrace. Licinius retires to his Eastern capital Nicomedia in Bithynia, Asia Minor. | | 313 | Roman Empire [political events] | The Western Roman emperor Constantine I the Great meets the Eastern emperor Licinius in Milan, Italy. They issue a joint edict and agree to cooperate. Complete religious tolerance for Christians is agreed. Licinius marries Constantine's sister Constantia. Constantine moves to the defence of Gaul and Licinius to consolidate his Eastern possessions against his rival Maximinus Daia. | | 313 | Roman Empire [political events] | The Eastern Roman emperor Maximinus Daia, who holds Asia and Egypt, attacks his rival emperor Licinius on his return to the East, driving him back into Thrace and capturing Byzantium. Licinius calls up reinforcements and completely defeats Maximinus at Tzurulum, near Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey), pursuing him across Asia Minor to Tarsus, where Maximinus is killed. |
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