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This article is about the year 284. For the number, see [284 (number)](/source/284_(number)). For the locomotive, see [2-8-4](/source/2-8-4).

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 2nd century 3rd century 4th century Decades 260s 270s 280s 290s 300s Years 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 v t e

284 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

284 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 284 CCLXXXIV Ab urbe condita 1037 Assyrian calendar 5034 Balinese saka calendar 205–206 Bengali calendar −310 – −309 Berber calendar 1234 Buddhist calendar 828 Burmese calendar −354 Byzantine calendar 5792–5793 Chinese calendar 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 2981 or 2774 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2982 or 2775 Coptic calendar 0–1 Discordian calendar 1450 Ethiopian calendar 276–277 Hebrew calendar 4044–4045 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 340–341 - Shaka Samvat 205–206 - Kali Yuga 3384–3385 Holocene calendar 10284 Iranian calendar 338 BP – 337 BP Islamic calendar 348 BH – 347 BH Javanese calendar 163–165 Julian calendar 284 CCLXXXIV Korean calendar 2617 Minguo calendar 1628 before ROC 民前1628年 Nanakshahi calendar −1184 Seleucid era 595/596 AG Thai solar calendar 826–827 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) 410 or 29 or −743 — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dragon) 411 or 30 or −742

Emperor [Diocletian](/source/Diocletian)

Year **284** (**[CCLXXXIV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Tuesday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Numerianus** (or, less frequently, **year 1037 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 284 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- Emperor [Numerian](/source/Numerian) travels through [Bithynia](/source/Bithynia) ([Asia Minor](/source/Asia_Minor)) on his way home to [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome). Suffering from an [inflammation](/source/Inflammation) of the eyes, he travels in a closed [litter](/source/Litter_(vehicle)) in which soldiers find his decaying corpse.

- [November 17](/source/November_17) – [Diocletian](/source/Diocletian) becomes emperor of Rome[1]

- [November 20](/source/November_20) – The commander of Numerian's [domestici](/source/Domestici) (household troops), [Diocles](/source/Diocletian), is chosen to be the new emperor. In a military assembly outside [Nicomedia](/source/Nicomedia) (modern [İzmit](/source/%C4%B0zmit), Turkey), Diocles claims that the praetorian prefect (and rival for the throne) Arrius Aper murdered Numerian, and he personally stabs and kills the prefect on the spot. The new emperor changes his name to the Latinised 'Diocletian'. Building on existing trends, Diocletian presents his rule as that of a god-like [dominus](/source/Dominus_(title)) or autocrat.

- [Sabinus Julianus](/source/Sabinus_Julianus), the praetorian prefect of Emperor [Carinus](/source/Carinus), exploits the instability and usurps the throne in northern Italy.

#### Persian Empire

- King of Kings [Bahram II](/source/Bahram_II) installs [Mirian III](/source/Mirian_III), of the House of Mihran, on the throne of the [Kingdom of Iberia](/source/Kingdom_of_Iberia). Mirian would rule the kingdom until his death in c. 361.

#### Korea

- [Yurye](/source/Yurye_of_Silla) becomes king of the Korean kingdom of [Silla](/source/Silla).[2]

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Rufinus](/source/Rufinus_of_Byzantium) succeeds [Dometius](/source/Dometius_of_Byzantium) as [Bishop of Byzantium](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople).

## Births

- [Fu Hong](/source/Fu_Hong) (or **Pu Hong**), Chinese general and prince (d. [350](/source/350))

- [Huai of Jin](/source/Emperor_Huai_of_Jin), Chinese emperor of the [Jin Dynasty](/source/Jin_dynasty_(265%E2%80%93420)) (d. [313](/source/313))

## Deaths

- [November 20](/source/November_20) – [Numerian](/source/Numerian), Roman emperor (b. [254](/source/254))

- [Lucius Flavius Aper](/source/Lucius_Flavius_Aper), Roman general and [praetorian prefect](/source/Praetorian_prefect)

- [Sun Hao](/source/Sun_Hao), Chinese emperor of the [Eastern Wu](/source/Eastern_Wu) state (b. [243](/source/243))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cousin, Jean. ["Diocletian"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diocletian). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["List of Rulers of Korea"](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm). *www.metmuseum.org*. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

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