Year 283 ( CCLXXXIII) was a

common year starting on Monday A common year starting on Monday is any non-leap year (i.e., a year with 365 days) that begins on Monday, 1 January, and ends on Monday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is G. The most recent year of such kind was 2018, and the next one ...

of the

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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carus and Carinus (or, less frequently, year 1036 ''

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''). The denomination 283 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

* Spring: Emperor Carus makes his son

Carinus Marcus Aurelius Carinus (died 285) was Roman Emperor from 283 to 285. The eldest son of the Emperor Carus, he was first appointed '' Caesar'' in late 282, then given the title of ''Augustus'' in early 283, and made co-emperor of the western p ...

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 The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

. They sack

Seleucia Seleucia (; ), also known as or or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day Baghdad Governorate in Iraq. It was founded around 305 BC by Seleucus I Nicator as th ...

and

Ctesiphon Ctesiphon ( ; , ''Tyspwn'' or ''Tysfwn''; ; , ; Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified July 28, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/58.) was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern ba ...

, the capital of the Persian kingdom, and they press on beyond the

Tigris The Tigris ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian Desert, Syrian and Arabia ...

. For his victories, Carus receives the title of ''Persicus Maximus''. * The officer Diocles, the future Emperor

Diocletian Diocletian ( ; ; ; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia. As with other Illyri ...

, 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 Numerian (; died November 284) was Roman emperor from 283 to 284 with his older brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a general raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282.Leadbetter, "Carus." Early life and Ca ...

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

* The King of Kings Bahram II fights a civil war against his brother Hormizd, the king of Sakastan.

By topic

Religion

* December 17 – Pope Caius succeeds Eutychian as the 28th pope of

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

Births

* Eusebius of Vercelli, Christian bishop and saint (d. 371) *

Ge Hong Ge Hong (; b. 283 – d. 343 or 364), courtesy name Zhichuan (稚川), was a Chinese linguist, philosopher, physician, politician, and writer during the Eastern Jin dynasty. He was the author of '' Essays on Chinese Characters'', the '' Baopu ...

, Chinese scholar and philosopher (d. 343)

Deaths

December 7 Events Pre-1600 *43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius. * 574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him ...

– Etychian, bishop of

* 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

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