278
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 240s 250s 260s – 270s – 280s 290s 300s |
| Years: | 275 276 277 – 278 – 279 280 281 |
| 278 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 278 CCLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1031 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5028 |
| Bengali calendar | −315 |
| Berber calendar | 1228 |
| Buddhist calendar | 822 |
| Burmese calendar | −360 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5786–5787 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2974 or 2914 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2975 or 2915 |
| Coptic calendar | −6 – −5 |
| Discordian calendar | 1444 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 270–271 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4038–4039 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 334–335 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 200–201 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3379–3380 |
| Holocene calendar | 10278 |
| Iranian calendar | 344 BP – 343 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 355 BH – 354 BH |
| Julian calendar | 278 CCLXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 2611 |
| Minguo calendar | 1634 before ROC 民前1634年 |
| Seleucid era | 589/590 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 820–821 |
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Year 278 (CCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Lupus (or, less frequently, year 1031 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 278 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Probus defeats the Alamanni, advancing through the Neckar valley. He expels the Franks from Gaul and reorganizes the Roman defenses on the Rhine.
- Probus resettles the Germanic tribes in the devastated provinces of the Roman Empire. He adopts the titles of Gothicus Maximus and Germanicus Maximus.
- Piracy along the coast of Lycia and Pamphylia. The Romans besiege the city of Cremna (Pisidia) and killed the Isaurian robber Lydius.
Births
- Abaye, Babylonian Amora (d. 339)
- Maxentius, Roman Emperor (d. 312)
- Sima Yu, crown prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 300)
Deaths
- Empress Dowager Yang Huiyu (b. 214)
- Fu Xuan, Chinese poet (b. 217)
- Xi Zheng, minister of the Kingdom of Shu
- Yang Hu, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 221)