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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Winter: The emperors [[Diocletian]] and [[Maximian]] convene in [[Milan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Potter |first=D. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Da6U4NaBMZAC |title=The Roman Empire at bay: AD 180-395 |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-10057-1 |series=Routledge history of the ancient world |location=London; New York |pages=285}}</ref>
* An uneasy peace is established between the emperors Diocletian and Maximian on the one hand, and the rival emperor [[Carausius]] on the other.
* Perhaps in cooperation with the forces of Maximian, Carausius campaigns successfully against Germanic raids in Gaul and Britain. Also during his reign, Carausius begins building the forts of the [[Saxon Shore]].

==== Northern Europe ====
* The [[Alemanni]], having been expelled from part of their territory by the [[Burgundians]], seek to regain their lost lands. These peoples had unsuccessfully invaded [[Gaul]] in tandem in 285/6, and the Alemanni had likely been weakened by the Roman counter-invasions of 287 and 288.
* A force of [[Goths]] defeat the Burgundians.
* The [[Tervingi|Tervingian Goths]] and [[Taifali]] fight the [[Vandals]] and [[Gepids]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Blemmyes]] invade the [[Kingdom of Kush]].

==== Persian Empire ====
* King [[Bahram II]] fights against a coalition consisting of his brother [[Hormizd of Sakastan]], the Kushano-Sasanians, and the Gilans.

==== China ====
* [[War of the Eight Princes]]: After the death of Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Jin|Sima Yan]] (Jin Wudi), a civil war breaks out among the princes and [[duke]]s of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]]. The struggle devastates and depopulates the provinces of northern [[China]].
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