278

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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 2nd century
* 3rd century
* 4th century

Decades:  |

* 250s
* 260s
* 270s
* 280s
* 290s

Years:  |

* 275
* 276
* 277
* 278
* 279
* 280
* 281

278 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths

278 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 278
CCLXXVIII

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Ab urbe condita| 1031
Assyrian calendar| 5028
Balinese saka calendar| 199–200
Bengali calendar| −315
Berber calendar| 1228
Buddhist calendar| 822
Burmese calendar| −360
Byzantine calendar| 5786–5787
Chinese calendar| 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
2975 or 2768
— to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
2976 or 2769
Coptic calendar| −6 – −5
Discordian calendar| 1444
Ethiopian calendar| 270–271
Hebrew calendar| 4038–4039
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 334–335
\- Shaka Samvat| 199–200
\- Kali Yuga| 3378–3379
Holocene calendar| 10278
Iranian calendar| 344 BP – 343 BP
Islamic calendar| 355 BH – 354 BH
Javanese calendar| 157–158
Julian calendar| 278
CCLXXVIII
Korean calendar| 2611
Minguo calendar| 1634 before ROC
民前1634年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1190
Seleucid era| 589/590 AG
Thai solar calendar| 820–821
Tibetan calendar| 阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
404 or 23 or −749
— to —
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
405 or 24 or −748
Pisidia (Turkey)

Year 278 (CCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Lupus (or, less frequently, year 1031 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 278 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

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#### Roman Empire

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* Emperor Probus defeats the Alamanni, advancing through the Neckar Valley. He expels the Franks from Gaul, and reorganizes the Roman defenses on the Rhine.
* Probus resettles the Germanic tribes in the devastated provinces of the Roman Empire. He adopts the titles of Gothicus Maximus and Germanicus Maximus.
* Piracy along the coast of Lycia et Pamphylia: The Romans besiege the city of Cremna (Pisidia) and kill the Isaurian robber Lydius.

## Births

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* Sima Yu, Chinese crown prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 300)

## Deaths

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* December 27 - Yang Hu (or Shuzi), Chinese general and politician (b. 221)
* Cao Yu (or Pengzu), Chinese prince of the Cao Wei state (b. 211)
* Fu Xuan (or Xiuyi), Chinese historian, poet and politician (b. 217)
* Xi Zheng (or Lingxian), Chinese essayist, poet and politician
* Yang Huiyu, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. 214)

## References

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