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| Constantius I defeats the usurper Allectus in Britain . | |
| 296 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 288/289 |
| Buddhist calendar | 839/840 (southern Buddhism); 838/839 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 49th (50th) cycle , year of the fire dragon丙辰 ( at the beginning of the year wood rabbit 乙卯) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 268th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 4056/57 (September 14/15) |
| Coptic calendar | 12/13 |
| Roman calendar | ab urbe condita mil (1049) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 606/607 (New Year April); Syria: 607/608 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 334 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 352/353 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
- The Roman Empire and the Sassanid Empire are at war again. Caesar Galerius is defeated by King Narseh near Karrhai .
- September. Caesar Constantius I and Asclepiodotus cross the English Channel to retake breakaway Britain under Allectus . Asclepiodotus and Allectus meet near Calleva Atrebatum , in what is now Hampshire . The latter is killed in battle. Asclepiodotus then besieged Londinium , whereupon the resistance of the renegade legions collapses. The provinces in Roman Britain are redistributed: Britannia inferior and Britannia superior become Flavia Caesariensis , Britannia prima , Britannia secunda and Maxima Caesariensis .
religion
- June 30th : After the death of Cajus , Marcellinus is appointed the new bishop of Rome .
Died
- April 22nd : St. Caius , Bishop of Rome
- Allectus , Roman usurper in Britain
- 295 or 296: Menas , Egyptian soldier and martyr
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