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== Events ==
=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Aurelian]] puts down unrest in [[Gaul]], and defeats Germanic incursions into Gaul and [[Raetia]] (these problems have been caused by Aurelian's defeat and overthrow of the [[Gallic Empire]]).
* The [[Goths]] begin to raid [[Thrace]] and [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]]. Aurelian begins a campaign against the Goths in Thrace.
* c. November &ndash; Aurelian is assassinated near [[Byzantium]] ([[Turkey]]). Aurelian has developed a reputation for punishing corruption with severity, and his secretary Eros is under suspicion. As a result, Eros, fearing for his life, has forged a list of high-ranking officers marked for execution. In this way, the secretary tricks the officers into assassinating Aurelian, and they then flee into Asia Minor to avoid the wrath of the soldiers.
* November/December &ndash; [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus]] is proclaimed Emperor by the imperial field army (other sources give him as proclaimed September 25 by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]]). His half brother [[Marcus Annius Florianus]] becomes [[praetorian prefect]].
* Tacitus marches into Asia Minor to fight the Goths and track down the faction responsible for assassinating Aurelian.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Pallava dynasty]] begins in Southern [[India]].
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Himyar]] king [[Shammar Yahri'sh]] conquers [[Hadhramaut]], [[Najran]] and [[Tihamah]], unifying the territory later known as [[Yemen]].

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==== Religion ====
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Eutychian|Eutychian]] succeeds [[Pope Felix I|Felix I]] as the 27th pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].