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[[File:JinJar.JPG|thumb|[[Hunping]] jar of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]]]] 
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Year '''291''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXCI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known in Rome as the '''Year of the Consulship of Tiberianus and Dio''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1044 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 291 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 ====
* 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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== Births ==
* [[Agnes of Rome|Saint Agnes]], Christian [[Christian martyrs|martyress]] (d. c. [[304]])
* [[Hilarion|Saint Hilarion]], [[anchorite]] and [[saint]] (d. [[371]])  
* [[Li Xiu]], female general during the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]]
* [[Philomena|Saint Philomena]], Christian martyress (d. c. 304)

== Deaths ==
* [[Sima Liang]], regent during the reign of [[Emperor Hui of Jin|Sima Yan]]  
* [[Sima Wei]], prince during the Jin Dynasty (b. [[271]])
* [[Wei Guan]], general of the [[Cao Wei|Kingdom of Wei]] (b. [[220]])
* [[Wen Yang (Three Kingdoms)|Wen Yang]], general of the Kingdom of Wei  (b. [[238]])
* [[Yang Jun (Jin Dynasty)|Yang Jun]], official during the reign of Sima Yan

== References ==
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