What is 276?
{{Year nav|276}} {{Year in other calendars}} [[File:Probus Musei Capitolini MC493.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius Probus|Probus]]]] __NOTOC__ Year '''276''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXXVI]]''') was a leap year starting on Saturday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus|Tacitus]] doubled the [[silver]] content of the [[Roman currency]]. * [[Marcus Annius Florianus]] defeats the [[Goths]] and [[Alans]] who have invaded [[Asia Minor]]. Tacitus dies of illness or is murdered at [[Tyana]] in [[Cappadocia]]. * Florianus becomes [[Roman Emperor]]. He stops his battles against the [[Heruli]] and marches from the [[Bosphorus|Bosporus]]. He has support from the [[Roman legion]]s in [[Roman Britain|Britain]], [[Gaul]], [[Hispania|Spain]] and [[Italy]]. No one is the winner in a battle with [[Marcus Aurelius Probus]] in [[Cilicia]]. * Florianus keeps power for some weeks. Then he is [[assassination|assassinated]] by his own troops near [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]] ([[Turkey]]). Probus, age 44, is the new Emperor of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. * Probus picks [[Carus|Marcus Aurelius Carus]] to [[Praetorian prefect|Prefect]] of the [[Praetorian Guard]]. ==== Asia ==== * King [[Bahram I]] of [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]] dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his son [[Bahram II]]. * Reign of [[Mahasena of Sri Lanka|Mahasena]] in [[Ceylon]]. He tries to introduce [[Mahayana Buddhism]] to the country. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]], a sage from [[Iran|Persia]], dies at [[Gundeshapur]]. == Births == * [[Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder|Gregory the Elder]], [[bishop]] of [[Nazianzus]] (approximate date) * [[Guo Pu]], [[China|Chinese]] writer (d. [[324]]) * [[Emperor Yuan of Jin|Jin Yuandi]], emperor of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[323]]) * [[Wang Dao]], statesman of the Jin Dynasty (d. [[339]]) == Deaths == * [[Bahram I]], king of [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]] * [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]], [[prophet]] and