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Year '''283''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Spring: Emperor [[Carus]] makes his son [[Carinus]] the ''Augustus'' in the west.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* 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 [[Sassanid family tree|Persian kingdom]], and they press on beyond the [[Tigris]]. For his victories, Carus receives the title of ''Persicus Maximus''.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* The officer Diocles, the future Emperor [[Diocletian]], distinguishes himself in the war against the Persians.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* Carinus campaigns with success in Britain and on the Rhine frontier.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* 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.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* Carinus and [[Numerian]] succeed their father Carus. Numerian, who had accompanied his father into the Persian Empire, leads the army back to Roman territory.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* The ''corrector'' [[Sabinus Julianus|Aurelius Julianus]] usurps power in Pannonia but is defeated by Carinus.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
==== Persian Empire ====
* The King of Kings [[Bahram II]] fights a civil war against his brother [[Hormizd of Sakastan|Hormizd]], the king of Sakastan.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Ehsan|editor-last1=Yarshater|editor-first2=William Bayne|editor-last2=Fisher|title=The Cambridge History of Iran|volume=3|chapter=Iran under the Sasanians|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1968|page=128|isbn=978-0-52106-935-9}}</ref>
=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[December 17]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Caius|Caius]] succeeds [[Pope Eutychian|Eutychian]] as the 28th pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].<ref>{{citation|first=P. C.|last=Thomas|title=A Compact History of the Popes|publisher=Bombay Society of St Paul|location=Mumbai|year=1992|isbn=978-8-17109-142-3|page=19}}</ref>
== Births ==
* [[Eusebius of Vercelli]], Christian bishop and saint (d. [[371]])
* [[Ge Hong]], Chinese scholar and philosopher (d. [[343]])
== Deaths ==
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Pope Eutychian|Etychian]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]
* [[Carus|Marcus Aurelius Carus]], Roman emperor (b. [[224]])
* [[Shan Tao (Taoist)|Shan Tao]], Chinese scholar and politician (b. [[205]])
* [[Sima You]] (or '''Dayou'''), Chinese prince (b. [[248]])
* [[Sima Zhou]] (or '''Zijiang'''), Chinese prince (b. [[227]])
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