296

Year 296 (CCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	270s 280s 290s 300s 310s
Years:	293 294 295 296 297 298 299

296 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	296 CCXCVI
Ab urbe condita	1049
Assyrian calendar	5046
Balinese saka calendar	217–218
Bengali calendar	−297
Berber calendar	1246
Buddhist calendar	840
Burmese calendar	−342
Byzantine calendar	5804–5805
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2992 or 2932     — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2993 or 2933
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 (296)

Events

Roman Empire

• Constantius Chlorus assembles two invasion fleets with the intent of crossing the English Channel. The first is under the command of Asclepiodotus, Constantius' long serving Praetorian Prefect. He sails from the mouth of the Seine, and lands near the Isle of Wight, where his forces defeat the usurper Allectus in Hampshire. Constantius leaves Boulogne with his fleet, and occupies London, saving the city from an attack by Frankish mercenaries who are roaming the province.
• Maximian, emperor (Augustus) of the Roman Empire, mobilises an army, consisting of Praetorian cohorts, Aquileian, Egyptian, and Danubian legionaries, marching through Spain. He crosses the Strait of Gibraltar into Mauretania (modern Morocco) to protect the area against Frankish pirates.
• Constantius Chlorus reconquers Britain; he rebuilds the cities Eboracum (York), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans).

Persia

• Emperor Diocletian dispatches his son-in-law Galerius with a large army to Armenia. He invades Mesopotamia, but suffers a complete defeat outside Ctesiphon against the Persian king Narseh, and is forced to retreat. Galerius crosses the Euphrates into Syria to join Diocletian at Antioch.

Religion

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

Deaths

• April 22 – Pope Caius
• Allectus, Roman usurper

References