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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Rat庚子(at the beginning of Earth Pig己亥)

Syria: 591/592 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Roman Empire

• Reich crisis of the 3rd century: After successes against the Alamanni is Proculus by the citizens Lugdunums (Lyon ) proclaimed rival emperor. After Emperor Probus ' return from the wars against the Sassanid Empire, urges this Proculus to the north, where he unsuccessfully tried to get support from the Franks. Proculus is betrayed and delivered to Probus.

• After Emperor Probus breaks in the western part of the empire, bringing soldiers and citizens of Egypt, Julius Saturninus in Alexandria to get himself appointed Gegenkaiser. Even before Probus can respond to the new threat, Saturninus is murdered.

Imperial China

• The Jin Emperor Wu conquered the kingdom of Wu Dynasty and united the divided since 220 ​​Imperial China. The time of the Three Kingdoms period in China's history ends up.

Born

• 280: Ge Hong, Chinese Daoist, Alchemist and immortality seekers († 340 )
• 280: Constantine I, Roman emperor († 337 )
• 280: Tiridates III. the Great, King of Armenia († 330 or 317)

Died

• 280: Liu Hui, Chinese mathematician (c. 220)