What is 284?
{{Year nav|284}} [[File:Diocletien Vaux1.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Diocletian]]us]] __NOTOC__ Year '''284''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXXXIV]]''') was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * The [[Bagaudae]], a group of peasants, revolt in [[Gaul]] against the [[Roman Empire]]. The [[Dardani]], a region in [[Illyria]], becomes a [[Roman province]]. * Emperor [[Numerian]] travels through [[Bithynia]] ([[Asia Minor]]). He is murdered on his way home to [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. * [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Diocletian|Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus]], age 39, is made emperor. * [[Sabinus Iulianus|Sabinus Julianus]], [[Roman usurper]] against Emperor [[Carinus]], revolts in [[Pannonia]]. He attacks northern [[Italy]] and makes himself emperor. * Winter &ndash; Diocletianus moves with his army across the [[Balkans]]. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * Patriarch Rufinus I succeeds Patriarch Dometius as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]]. == Births == * [[Emperor Huai of Jin|Jin Huidi]], Chinese emperor of the [[Jin Dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[313]]) == Deaths == * [[Diophantus]], Greek [[mathematician]] (approximate date) * [[Numerian|Marcus Aurelius Numerian]], [[Roman Emperor]] * [[Sun Hao]], last emperor of the [[Eastern Wu|Kingdom of Wu]] (b. [[242]]) * [[Xin Xianying]], daughter of [[Xin Pi]] (b. [[205]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:284}} [[Category:280s]]