This article is about the year 283. For the number, see 283 (number). Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 283 by topic |
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| Leaders |
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| Gregorian calendar | 283 CCLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1036 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5033 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 204–205 |
| Bengali calendar | −310 |
| Berber calendar | 1233 |
| Buddhist calendar | 827 |
| Burmese calendar | −355 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5791–5792 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2980 or 2773 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2981 or 2774 |
| Coptic calendar | −1 – 0 |
| Discordian calendar | 1449 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 275–276 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4043–4044 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 339–340 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 204–205 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3383–3384 |
| Holocene calendar | 10283 |
| Iranian calendar | 339 BP – 338 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 349 BH – 348 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 162–163 |
| Julian calendar | 283 CCLXXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 2616 |
| Minguo calendar | 1629 before ROC 民前1629年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1185 |
| Seleucid era | 594/595 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 825–826 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 409 or 28 or −744 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 410 or 29 or −743 |
Year 283 (CCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carus and Carinus (or, less frequently, year 1036 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 283 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
- Spring: Emperor Carus makes his son Carinus the Augustus in the west.
- Exploiting the Persian civil war, Carus leaves Carinus in charge of much of the Roman Empire and, accompanied by his younger son Numerian, invades the Sassanid Empire. They sack Seleucia and Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian kingdom, and they press on beyond the Tigris. For his victories, Carus receives the title of Persicus Maximus.
- The officer Diocles, the future Emperor Diocletian, distinguishes himself in the war against the Persians.
- Carinus campaigns with success in Britain and on the Rhine frontier.
- Summer: Carus dies in mysterious circumstances during the war against the Persians. Various sources claim he died of illness, was struck by lightning or was killed in combat.
- Carinus and Numerian succeed their father Carus. Numerian, who had accompanied his father into the Persian Empire, leads the army back to Roman territory.
- The corrector Aurelius Julianus usurps power in Pannonia but is defeated by Carinus.
Persian Empire
By topic
Religion
- December 17 – Pope Caius succeeds Eutychian as the 28th pope of Rome.
Births
- Eusebius of Vercelli, Christian bishop and saint (d. 371)
- Ge Hong, Chinese scholar and philosopher (d. 343)
Deaths
- December 7 – Etychian, bishop of Rome
- Marcus Aurelius Carus, Roman emperor (b. 224)
- Shan Tao, Chinese scholar and politician (b. 205)
- Sima You (or Dayou), Chinese prince (b. 248)
- Sima Zhou (or Zijiang), Chinese prince (b. 227)
References
- Yarshater, Ehsan; Fisher, William Bayne, eds. (1968). "Iran under the Sasanians". The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-52106-935-9.
- Thomas, P. C. (1992), A Compact History of the Popes, Mumbai: Bombay Society of St Paul, p. 19, ISBN 978-8-17109-142-3