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325| 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. | | 325 | Roman Empire, Asia Minor [Christianity] | A schism arises within the Eastern Christian church over the nature of Christ's divinity. The Roman emperor Constantine I the Great, feeling it his religious and imperial duty to ensure unity within the church, summons an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea, Asia Minor (now Iznik, Turkey), over which he presides. | | 325 | Byzantine Empire [Christianity] | The ecumenical council at Nicaea confirms the ‘consubstantiality’ of Christ with God the Father. The Nicene Creed, which is adopted as the fundamental statement of Christian belief, contains the anti-Arian statement that the Son ‘is of one substance with the Father’. | | 325 | Roman Empire [political events] | Following the death of the Eastern Roman emperor Licinius, the Roman Empire once again has a single ruler, Constantine I the Great. |
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