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. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", "Amok Time", "All Our Yesterdays"; TNG: "Gambit, Part II"; ENT: "Awakening")

• The Time of Awakening: Surak of Vulcan leads his people onto a path of peace and logic. (TOS: "Amok Time", "The Savage Curtain"; TNG: "Gambit, Part II"; ENT: "Awakening")

• 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. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", "The Enterprise Incident"; TNG: "Unification II", "Gambit, Part II")

• The Debrune, an offshoot of the Romulans, establish an outpost on Barradas III. (TNG: "Gambit, Part I")

• The Jem'Hadar begin serving as the Dominion's front line of defense. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

• 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. (VOY: "Phage")

• The native civilization of Golana becomes extinct. (DS9: "Time's Orphan")

Background

• According to Star Trek: Star Charts, Vulcans became warp capable in 320 A.D. However, according to canonical accounts in DS9: "Little Green Men", they invented warp drive some time after 1947.

External links

• 4th century at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 4th century at Wikipedia