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Year '''288''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Maximian and Ianuarianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1041 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 288 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 [[Diocletian]] launches a campaign into Germanic territory from the province of [[Raetia]] ([[Switzerland]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Southern |first=Pt |title= The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9781134553815 |location=United Kingdom |publication-date=December 16, 2003 |pages=143}}</ref>
* Around this time, an army loyal to [[Maximian]], probably led by the future emperor [[Constantius I|Constantius]], defeats the usurper [[Carausius]] or his [[Franks|Frankish]] allies in northern [[Gaul]]. In this or the following year, Carausius withdraws his military forces and administrative presence from Gaul, confining himself to [[Roman Britain]].
* Maximian makes an alliance with the Frankish king Gennobaudes.
* Far from Carausius' fleet, in the rivers of Gaul, Maximian builds a fleet to contest control of the [[North Sea]] and re-take Britain.
* Around this time, Constantius marries Maximian's stepdaughter, [[Flavia Maximiana Theodora|Theodora]], and it may also be around this time that the general [[Galerius]] marries Diocletian's daughter [[Galeria Valeria]].
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== Births ==
* [[Li Ban]], Chinese emperor of [[Cheng Han]] (d. [[334]])
* [[Wen Jiao]] (or '''Taizhen'''), Chinese politician (d. [[329]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Maximilian of Lorch]], Christian missionary and martyr
* [[Saint Sebastian|Sebastian]], Roman soldier and Christian martyr
* [[Teng Xiu]], Chinese general and governor

== References ==
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