9 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (5)
Qi Hong and others crushed Diao Mo; Yong and Ying fled to the Southern Mountains. The Xianbei under Qi Hong plundered Chang'an and killed more than 20,000 people. (Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals 晉書 卷004 帝紀 光熙1年5月)
Bai Gen invaded Linzi, and the Qingzhou Governor-General, Prince Gao of Gaomi Lue, sent Liu Tun to resist, but he was defeated and fled to Luoyang, while Lue fled to Liaocheng and was preserved. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷086 306년 단락4 제3문)
When Wang Hong and others entered Chang'an, the Xianbei under their command plundered greatly, killing more than twenty thousand; the hundred officials scattered, entered the mountains, and picked acorns to eat. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷086 306년 단락7 제6문)
Southern Europe (4)
His father Constantius happens to die there, and Constantine takes the throne with the support of all who were present. (Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.4)
In Rome, the plebs and the praetorians confirm Maxentius as emperor despite his father Herculius's long opposition. (Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.5)
When Constantius dies, his guards, judging his legitimate sons unfit and hoping for generous rewards, raise Constantine to the throne. (Zosimus, New History Zos. 2 (1814 영역) p.40)
Maxentius is proclaimed emperor with the help of two military tribunes, the pork-ration official Lucianus, and the praetorians, and first kills the opposing city prefect Abellius. (Zosimus, New History Zos. 2 (1814 영역) p.40)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.