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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Numerian]] travels through [[Bithynia]] ([[Asia Minor]]) on his way home to [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. Suffering from an [[inflammation]] of the eyes, he travels in a closed [[Litter (vehicle)|litter]] in which soldiers find his decaying corpse.  
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Diocletian]] becomes emperor of Rome<ref>{{cite web | title=Diocletian | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diocletian | access-date=February 23, 2024 | first=Jean | last=Cousin | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> 
* [[November 20]] &ndash; The commander of Numerian's [[domestici]] (household troops), [[Diocletian|Diocles]], is chosen to be the new emperor. In a military assembly outside [[Nicomedia]] (modern [[İzmit]], Turkey), Diocles claims that the praetorian prefect (and rival for the throne) Arrius Aper murdered Numerian, and he personally stabs and kills the prefect on the spot. The new emperor changes his name to the Latinised 'Diocletian'. Building on existing trends, Diocletian presents his rule as that of a god-like [[Dominus (title)|dominus]] or autocrat. 
* [[Sabinus Julianus]], the praetorian prefect of Emperor [[Carinus]], exploits the instability and usurps the throne in northern Italy.

==== Persian Empire ====
* King of Kings [[Bahram II]] installs [[Mirian III]], of the House of Mihran, on the throne of the [[Kingdom of Iberia]]. Mirian would rule the kingdom until his death in c. 361.

==== Korea ====
* [[Yurye of Silla|Yurye]] becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [[Silla]].<ref>{{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=21 April 2019}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Rufinus of Byzantium|Rufinus]] succeeds [[Dometius of Byzantium|Dometius]] as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Bishop of Byzantium]]. 
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