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296 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 296
CCXCVI

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Ab urbe condita| 1049
Assyrian calendar| 5046
Balinese saka calendar| 217–218
Bengali calendar| −298 – −297
Berber calendar| 1246
Buddhist calendar| 840
Burmese calendar| −342
Byzantine calendar| 5804–5805
Chinese calendar| 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit)
2993 or 2786
— to —
丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
2994 or 2787
Coptic calendar| 12–13
Discordian calendar| 1462
Ethiopian calendar| 288–289
Hebrew calendar| 4056–4057
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 352–353
\- Shaka Samvat| 217–218
\- Kali Yuga| 3396–3397
Holocene calendar| 10296
Iranian calendar| 326 BP – 325 BP
Islamic calendar| 336 BH – 335 BH
Javanese calendar| 176–177
Julian calendar| 296
CCXCVI
Korean calendar| 2629
Minguo calendar| 1616 before ROC
民前1616年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1172
Seleucid era| 607/608 AG
Thai solar calendar| 838–839
Tibetan calendar| 阴木兔年
(female Wood-Rabbit)
422 or 41 or −731
— to —
阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
423 or 42 or −730
Medal of Constantius Chlorus capturing Londinium (inscribed as LON)

Year 296 (CCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Constantius (or, less frequently, year 1049 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 296 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.

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* In this or the previous year, Caesar Constantius I assembles two invasion fleets with the intent of overthrowing the usurper Allectus, who is based in Britain. The first is under the command of Asclepiodotus, Maximian's long-serving Praetorian Prefect. Asclepiodotus sails from the mouth of the Seine, and lands near the Isle of Wight, where his forces defeat Allectus in Hampshire. Allectus is killed in the fighting. Constantius leaves Boulogne with his fleet, and occupies London, where he slaughters some of Allectus' Frankish mercenaries. With this victory, the Romano-British regime first established by Carausius is overthrown, and Britain is re-incorporated into the rest of the empire.
* Having supervised the Rhine frontier during Constantius' invasion of Britain, Maximian then marches into Spain, where he fights Frankish pirates. He then crosses into North Africa to contend with the rebellion of the Quinquegentiani.
* The Persian king Narseh invades Roman-held Upper Mesopotamia and Arsacid western Armenia, the latter territory being under the leadership of the pro-Roman king Tiridates III. With only a small army, Caesar Galerius fights three holding actions against Narseh's army in Mesopotamia. Somewhere in the open plains between Carrhae and Callinicum, Galerius' army suffers a defeat against the Persian army, which is both more numerous and contains superior numbers of high-quality cavalry. Nevertheless, Galerius succeeds in blunting the Persian offensive.

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* April 22 - Pope Caius dies after a 13-year reign and is succeeded by Marcellinus as the 29th pope of Rome.

## Births

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* Yu Bing (or Jijian), Chinese politician (d. 344)

## Deaths

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* April 22 - Caius, bishop of Rome[1]
* Allectus, Roman treasurer and usurper-emperor
* Guo Huai (or Yuhuang), Chinese noblewoman (b. 237)

## References

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1. ^ "Our Popes". Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

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