View source for 298

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{Year dab|298}}
{{Refimprove|date=April 2019}}
{{Year nav|298}}
{{M1 year in topic}}
Year '''298''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXCVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Faustus and Gallus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1051 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 298 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 ==
<onlyinclude>
=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Spring: Emperor [[Diocletian]] retakes [[Alexandria]] and crushes the usurpation of [[Aurelius Achilleus]].
* Diocletian then travels into Upper Egypt and possibly campaigns on the Nubian frontier. In either this year or in 300/301, he makes agreements with the [[Kingdom of Kush|Meroitic Nubians]] and the [[Blemmyes]]. He agrees to pay subsidies to both peoples, and he cedes the Dodecashoenos to the Nubians on the understanding that the Nubians will defend the region against the Blemmyes.
* Caesar [[Galerius]] restores [[Tiridates III of Armenia|Tiridates III]] to the throne of [[Armenia]] and invades the [[Sassanid Empire]]. His army marches through [[Adiabene]], [[Atropatene]], [[Susiana]] and Lower [[Mesopotamia]]. He then retakes the strategically important city of [[Nisibis]] in Upper Mesopotamia.
==== Korea ====
* The manufacture of cultured [[silk]] becomes popular from [[Korea]] to [[Japan]].
* [[Bunseo of Baekje|Bunseo]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Baekje]].<ref name=met>{{cite web |title=List of Rulers of Korea |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm |website=www.metmuseum.org |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[Girim of Silla|Girim]] becomes the king of the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]].<ref name=met />
</onlyinclude>
== Births ==
* [[Athanasius of Alexandria]], Egyptian patriarch (d. [[373]])
== Deaths ==
* [[Aurelius Achilleus]], Roman [[usurper]]
* [[Cassian of Tangier]], Christian martyr
* [[Chaekgye of Baekje]], Korean ruler <ref name=met />
* [[Marcellus of Tangier]], Christian martyr
* [[Yurye of Silla]] (or '''Yuri'''), Korean ruler<ref name=met />
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:298}}
[[Category:298| ]]