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Year 289 (CCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Quintianus (or, less frequently, year 1042 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 289 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
[edit]By place
[edit]Roman Empire
[edit]- In this or the following year, Emperor Diocletian campaigns with success against the Sarmatians. The future emperor Galerius may have distinguished himself during this campaign.<ref>Charles Odahl, Constantine and the Christian Empire ISBN 0415174856 Archived</ref>
- In this or the following year, Maximian attempts to reconquer Britain from the usurper Carausius but is defeated at sea.<ref>Panegyrici Latini 8(5)12.2; Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 7, 288</ref>
Births
[edit]- Flavia Maxima Fausta, Roman empress (d. 326)<ref>Flavia Maxima Fausta (289 - 326), Geni</ref>
- Yu Liang (or Yuangui), Chinese politician (d. 340)<ref>According to Yu Liang's biography in Book of Jin, he was 52 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. (咸康六年薨，时年五十二。) Jin Shu, vol.73. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 289.</ref>
Deaths
[edit]- Alexander of Rome, Christian martyr<ref>https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo22340843.html. Eastern Christian Texts. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2020-07-07.</ref>
- Kyriaki the Great, Christian martyr <ref>Megas, G.A. (1958). Greek Calendar Customs. Press and Information Department, Prime Minister's Office. p. 140.</ref>
- Xun Xu (or Gongzeng), Chinese official<ref>(十一月，丙辰，尚書令濟北成侯荀勗卒。) Zizhi Tongjian vol. 82.</ref>