Significant People
- Ambrose, Christian theologian, bishop of Milan
- Augustine, Christian theologian, bishop of Hippo
- Basil the Great, Christian theologian, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Constantine I, (306-337), Roman emperor
- Diocletian, Roman Emperor
- Ephrem the Syrian, (c. 306–373), Syriac speaking deacon, hymnographer, theologian, director of the School of Edessa
- Ezana Aksumite Emperor
- Fa-Hsien, Chinese Buddhist monk
- Gregory of Nazianzus, (c.329- c.390), Christian theologian, bishop of Nazianzus in Cappadocia
- Iamblichus, (245-c. 325), Neoplatonist philosopher
- Jerome, Christian priest, monk, and translator of the Bible into Latin
- John Chrysostom, Syrian-born Patriarch of Constantinople
- Kumārajīva, (344-413), Buddhist monk from India, translator of sutras into Chinese
- Lactantius (c.240 – c.320) Christian theologian, advisor to Constantine I
- Mesrop Mashtots, (c. 361–c.440), Armenian monk, theologian and inventor of the Armenian alphabet
- Tao-un (312-385), Chinese Buddhist monk, translator who elimnates Taoist words from Buddhist writings
- Theodore, (c. 350–428), Christian theologian, bishop of Mopsuestia
- Theodosius I (378-395), Roman Emperor
- Ulfilas, Arian priest and translator of the Bible into Gothic
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