This article is about the year 325. For the number, see 325 (number).
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "325" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) |
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| 325 by topic |
|---|
| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 325 CCCXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1078 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5075 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 246–247 |
| Bengali calendar | −268 |
| Berber calendar | 1275 |
| Buddhist calendar | 869 |
| Burmese calendar | −313 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5833–5834 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3022 or 2815 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3023 or 2816 |
| Coptic calendar | 41–42 |
| Discordian calendar | 1491 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 317–318 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4085–4086 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 381–382 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 246–247 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3425–3426 |
| Holocene calendar | 10325 |
| Iranian calendar | 297 BP – 296 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 306 BH – 305 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 206–207 |
| Julian calendar | 325 CCCXXV |
| Korean calendar | 2658 |
| Minguo calendar | 1587 before ROC 民前1587年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1143 |
| Seleucid era | 636/637 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 867–868 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 451 or 70 or −702 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 452 or 71 or −701 |
Year 325 (CCCXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Paulinus (or, less frequently, year 1078 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 325 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
Roman Empire
- Emperor Constantine I personally assures the security of the Danube frontier by defeating the Goths, the Vandals, and the Sarmatians.
- Licinius is executed in Thessalonica, on a charge of conspiring and raising troops against Constantine I.
- Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire.
China
- April 1 – Crown Prince Cheng of Jin, age 4, succeeds his father Ming of Jin as emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty. During his reign, he is largely advised by regents, his uncle Yu Liang and high-level officials.
By topic
Art
- Constantine the Great, from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome, is started to be made. It is now kept at Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.
Religion
- May 20 – First Council of Nicaea: Constantine I summons an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea (Turkey). The Nicene Creed, adopted on June 19, declares that the members of the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) are equal. The council decides that Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Arius is exiled to Illyria; his works are confiscated and consigned to the flames.
- The Church of the Nativity is built in Bethlehem.
Births
- Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman historian (approximate date)
- Procopius, Roman general and usurper (approximate date)
- Wang Meng (or Jinglüe), Chinese prime minister (d. 375)
Deaths
- October 18 – Ming of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 299)
- Iamblichus, Syrian philosopher and writer (b. 245)
- Licinius, Roman consul and emperor (executed)
- Li Ju (or Shihui), Chinese general and warlord
- Sextus Martinianus, Roman Emperor (executed)
- Tuoba Heru, Chinese prince of the Tuoba Dai
References
- Scarre, Christopher (2012). Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-by-reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28989-1.