285

The year 285 (CCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the "Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Aurelius" (or, less frequently, "year 1038 Ab urbe condita"). The denomination 285 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:
Decades:
Years:
285 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar285
CCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita1038
Assyrian calendar5035
Balinese saka calendar206–207
Bengali calendar−308
Berber calendar1235
Buddhist calendar829
Burmese calendar−353
Byzantine calendar5793–5794
Chinese calendar甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2981 or 2921
     to 
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
2982 or 2922
Coptic calendar1–2
Discordian calendar1451
Ethiopian calendar277–278
Hebrew calendar4045–4046
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat341–342
 - Shaka Samvat206–207
 - Kali Yuga3385–3386
Holocene calendar10285
Iranian calendar337 BP – 336 BP
Islamic calendar347 BH – 346 BH
Javanese calendar165–166
Julian calendar285
CCLXXXV
Korean calendar2618
Minguo calendar1627 before ROC
民前1627年
Nanakshahi calendar−1183
Seleucid era596/597 AG
Thai solar calendar827–828
Tibetan calendar阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
411 or 30 or −742
     to 
阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
412 or 31 or −741

Events

Roman Empire

  • Spring Emperor Carinus marches from Britain to northern Italy, and defeats the army of usurper Sabinus Julianus at Verona.
  • Summer Battle of the Margus: Emperor Diocletian defeats the forces of Carinus in the valley of the Margus (Serbia). Numerous soldiers desert Carinus during the battle. Carinus then flees to the Pannonian fort of Cornacum, but he is soon slain by his officers.
  • July 21 or July 25 Diocletian appoints his fellow-officer Maximian to the office of caesar, or junior co-emperor.
  • Carausius, naval commander at Bononia (modern-day Boulogne), is given the task of clearing the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates.
  • Maximian is sent to pacify Gaul, where the Bagaudae, a band of peasants, are revolting against the Roman Empire.

Births

Deaths

  • Marcus Aurelius Carinus, Roman consul and emperor
  • Du Yu (or Yuankai), Chinese general and politician (b. 222)
  • Sabinus Julianus, Roman usurper (approximate date)

References

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