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Year '''278''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Probus and Lupus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1031 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 278 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 ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius Probus|Probus]] defeats the [[Alamanni]], advancing through the [[Neckar]] Valley. He expels the [[Franks]] from [[Gaul]], and reorganizes the Roman defenses on the [[Rhine]]. 
* Probus resettles the [[German peoples|Germanic tribes]] in the devastated provinces of the [[Roman Empire]]. He adopts the titles of ''Gothicus Maximus'' and ''Germanicus Maximus''.
* Piracy along the coast of [[Lycia et Pamphylia]]: The [[Roman Empire|Romans]] besiege the city of [[Cremna, Pisidia|Cremna]] ([[Pisidia]]) and kill the [[Isauria]]n robber Lydius.
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== Births ==
* [[Sima Yu]], Chinese crown prince of the [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[300]])

== Deaths ==
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Yang Hu]] (or '''Shuzi'''), Chinese general and politician (b. [[221]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goodman |first=Howard L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLu4J6ffgWEC |title=Xun xu and the politics of precision in Third-century AD China |date=2010 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-18337-7 |series=Sinica Leidensia |location=Leiden |pages=122 |access-date=November 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Cao Yu (Three Kingdoms)|Cao Yu]] (or '''Pengzu'''), Chinese prince of the [[Cao Wei]] state (b. [[211]])
* [[Fu Xuan]] (or '''Xiuyi'''), Chinese historian, poet and politician (b. [[217]])
* [[Xi Zheng]] (or '''Lingxian'''), Chinese essayist, poet and politician 
* [[Yang Huiyu]], Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. [[214]])

== References ==
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