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281 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 281
CCLXXXI

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Ab urbe condita| 1034
Assyrian calendar| 5031
Balinese saka calendar| 202–203
Bengali calendar| −313 – −312
Berber calendar| 1231
Buddhist calendar| 825
Burmese calendar| −357
Byzantine calendar| 5789–5790
Chinese calendar| 庚子年 (Metal Rat)
2978 or 2771
— to —
辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2979 or 2772
Coptic calendar| −3 – −2
Discordian calendar| 1447
Ethiopian calendar| 273–274
Hebrew calendar| 4041–4042
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 337–338
\- Shaka Samvat| 202–203
\- Kali Yuga| 3381–3382
Holocene calendar| 10281
Iranian calendar| 341 BP – 340 BP
Islamic calendar| 352 BH – 350 BH
Javanese calendar| 160–161
Julian calendar| 281
CCLXXXI
Korean calendar| 2614
Minguo calendar| 1631 before ROC
民前1631年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1187
Seleucid era| 592/593 AG
Thai solar calendar| 823–824
Tibetan calendar| 阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
407 or 26 or −746
— to —
阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
408 or 27 or −745

Year 281 (CCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Tiberianus (or, less frequently, year 1034 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 281 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. The year comes after 280 and Comes before 282.

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#### Roman Empire

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* Emperor Probus returns to Rome, where he celebrates his triumph over the Vandals and the usurpers (Bonosus, Julius Saturninus and Proculus).

## Births

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* Cai Mo (or Daoming), Chinese official and politician (d. 356)
* Theodore Stratelates, Roman general and martyr (d. 319)

## Deaths

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* Proculus, Roman general and usurper

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