275

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Year 275 (CCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelianus and Marcellinus (or, less frequently, year 1028 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 275 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

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Aurelian prepares a campaign against the Sassanids in Asia Minor. In Thrace, while waiting to cross the Bosphorus with his army, he hands out severe punishments to corrupt soldiers and makes a list of high-ranking officers marked for execution.
• Aurelian falls victim to a conspiracy of the Praetorian Guard and is murdered near Byzantium (Turkey).
• September 25 – Marcus Claudius Tacitus is proclaimed Emperor by the Senate, his half brother Marcus Annius Florianus becomes Praetorian Prefect.
• Gaul is pillaged by the Franks and the Alemanni.

India

• The Pallava dynasty begins in Southern India.

By topic

Religion

• January 4 – Pope Eutychian ^[1]succeeds Pope Felix I as the 27th pope.

Births

• Eusebius of Caesarea (approximate date)
• Saint George, soldier of the Roman Empire and later Christian martyr (or 281, approximate date)

Deaths

• Aurelian, Roman Emperor
• Mani, founder of Manichaeism (approximate date)
• Xiang Xiu

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