336

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	3rd century – 4th century – 5th century
Decades:	300s  310s  320s  – 330s –  340s  350s  360s
Years:	333 334 335 – 336 – 337 338 339

Year 336 (CCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Roman Empire

• Emperor Constantine I is able to gain back most of Dacia for the Roman Empire.
• The first recorded customs tariff is in use in Palmyra.

By topic

Religion

• January 18 – Pope Mark succeeds Pope Sylvester I as the 34th pope.
• Pope Mark begins to build the basilica of San Marco. The church is devoted to St. Mark.
• Arius, Alexandrian priest, collapses in the street at Constantinople (approximate date).
• Pope Mark dies at Rome after an 11-month reign. No successor is immediately found.

Births

• Murong De, emperor of the Xianbei state Southern Yan (d. 405)

Deaths

for more information, see Category:336 deaths.

• Arius, founder of Arianism
• October 7 – Pope Mark
• Rhescuporis V, king of Bosporus