4th century

The 4th century is defined by the calendar of Earth as occurring from the year 301 through the year 400.

Events

 * The inhabitants of Vulcan engage in terrible and destructive wars including the use of atomic bombs, a result of the violent passions and emotions that govern the Vulcan people. It is a savage time, even by Earth standards. Myths from this period describe a terrifying weapon of war called the Stone of Gol that kills with the power of the mind.


 * The Time of Awakening: Surak of Vulcan leads his people onto a path of peace and logic.


 * A group of Vulcans who do not follow Surak's teachings of logic leave their homeworld in a wave of emigration. They will finally settle on the planets Romulus and Remus, coming to be known as the Romulans.


 * The Debrune, an offshoot of the Romulans, establish an outpost on Barradas III.


 * The Jem'Hadar begin serving as the Dominion's front line of defense.


 * The Vidiian Sodality in the Delta Quadrant is ravaged by a deadly viral disease called the Phage. The Vidiians survive only by harvesting organs from non-Vidiians to replace their own tissues.


 * The native civilization of Golana becomes extinct.

Background

 * According to Star Trek: Star Charts, Vulcans became warp capable in 320 A.D. However, according to canonical accounts in, they invented warp drive some time after 1947.