278 CE
Emperor Probus defeats the Alamanni, advancing through the Neckar Valley. He expels the Franks from Gaul, and reorganizes the Roman defenses on the Rhine. Piracy along the coast of Lycia et Pamphylia: The Romans besiege the city of Cremna (Pisidia) and kill the Isaurian robber Lydius. Probus resettles the Germanic tribes in the devastated provinces of the Roman Empire. He adopts the titles of Gothicus Maximus and Germanicus Maximus.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Probus resettles the Germanic tribes in the devastated provinces of the Roman Empire. He adopts the titles of Gothicus Maximus and Germanicus Maximus.source
Conflict & Security
- Emperor Probus defeats the Alamanni, advancing through the Neckar Valley. He expels the Franks from Gaul, and reorganizes the Roman defenses on the Rhine.source
Crime & Justice
- Piracy along the coast of Lycia et Pamphylia: The Romans besiege the city of Cremna (Pisidia) and kill the Isaurian robber Lydius.source
Births
- Sima Yu, Chinese crown prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 300)source
Deaths
- December 27 – Yang Hu (or Shuzi), Chinese general and politician (b. 221)source
- Fu Xuan (or Xiuyi), Chinese historian, poet and politician (b. 217)source
- Yang Huiyu, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. 214)source
- Cao Yu (or Pengzu), Chinese prince of the Cao Wei state (b. 211)source
- Xi Zheng (or Lingxian), Chinese essayist, poet and politiciansource