275 CE
Eutychian succeeds Felix I as the 27th pope of Rome. /December – Marcus Claudius Tacitus is proclaimed Emperor by the imperial field army (other sources give him as proclaimed September 25 by the Senate). His half brother Marcus Annius Florianus becomes praetorian prefect. Approximate date – Himyar king Shammar Yahri'sh conquers Hadhramaut, Najran and Tihamah, unifying the territory later known as Yemen.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- The Pallava dynasty begins in Southern India.source
Conflict & Security
- Emperor Aurelian puts down unrest in Gaul, and defeats Germanic incursions into Gaul and Raetia (these problems had been caused by Aurelian's defeat and overthrow of the Gallic Empire).source
- Tacitus marches into Asia Minor to fight the Goths and track down the faction responsible for assassinating Aurelian.source
- The Goths begin to raid Thrace and Asia Minor. Aurelian begins a campaign against the Goths in Thrace.source
- c. November – Aurelian is assassinated near Byzantium (Turkey). Aurelian had developed a reputation for punishing corruption with severity, and his secretary Eros was under suspicion. As a result, Eros, fearing for his life, forged a list of high-ranking officers marked for execution. In this way, the secretary tricked the officers into assassinating Aurelian. They then flee into Asia Minor to avoid the wrath of the soldiers.source
- Approximate date – Himyar king Shammar Yahri'sh conquers Hadhramaut, Najran and Tihamah, unifying the territory later known as Yemen.source
Religion & Belief
- January 4 – Eutychian succeeds Felix I as the 27th pope of Rome.source
- November/December – Marcus Claudius Tacitus is proclaimed Emperor by the imperial field army (other sources give him as proclaimed September 25 by the Senate). His half brother Marcus Annius Florianus becomes praetorian prefect.source
Births
- Approximate date – Saint George of Lydda, Cappadocian Greek Roman soldier and Christian martyr (k. 303)source