324

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	290s  300s  310s  – 320s –  330s  340s  350s
Years:	321 322 323 – 324 – 325 326 327

Battle of the Hellespont, by Pietro da Cortona (1635)

Year 324 (CCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• July 3 – Battle of Adrianople: Emperor Constantine the Great defeats his rival Licinius near Adrianople. They retreat to Byzantium. He invades Thrace with a Visgothic force and raids the countryside.
• July – Battle of Hellespont: Crispus, destroys Licinius' naval fleet in the Dardanelles.
• September 18 – Battle of Chrysopolis: Constantine I defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis. He becomes sole Emperor.
• December 19 – Licinius gives up his position as Emperor.

Religion

• St Peter's Church is founded in Rome.
• Eustathius becomes bishop of Antioch.

Births

• Chu Suanzi, empress of the Jin Dynasty (d. 384)

Deaths

• December 20 – Philogonus, Patriarch of Antioch
• Guo Pu, Chinese writer (b. 276)
• Wang Dun, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 266)
• Zhang Mao, ruler of Former Liang (b. 277)