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[[File:Diocletien Vaux1.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Diocletian]]]]
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Year '''284''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Numerianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1037 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 284 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 [[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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== Births ==
* [[Fu Hong]] (or '''Pu Hong'''), Chinese general and prince (d. [[350]])
*  [[Emperor Huai of Jin|Huai of Jin]], Chinese emperor of the [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[313]])

== Deaths ==
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Numerian]], Roman emperor (b. [[254]]) 
* [[Lucius Flavius Aper]], Roman general and [[praetorian prefect]]
* [[Sun Hao]], Chinese emperor of the [[Eastern Wu]] state (b. [[243]])

== References ==
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