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[[File:Probus Musei Capitolini MC493.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius Probus|Probus]] (232–282)]]
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Year '''276''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Tacitus and Aemilianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1029 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 276 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus|Tacitus]] doubles the [[silver]] content of the [[Roman currency|aurelianianus]], and halves its tariffing to 2.5 d.c. They carry the value marks X.I.
* Tacitus campaigns successfully against the [[Goths]] who have invaded [[Asia Minor]], and his half-brother, the praetorian prefect [[Marcus Annius Florianus]], continues the campaign. 
* Tacitus' cousin Maximinus administers Syria in a harsh manner, and is assassinated by local men of power, who are joined in the conspiracy by the faction responsible for having assassinated [[Aurelian]] in the previous year. 
* Tacitus dies in [[Tyana]], [[Cappadocia]]. He either dies of illness, or is murdered by the faction responsible for having assassinated Aurelian and Maximinus.
* Florianus becomes [[Roman Emperor]] with the support of the [[Roman Senate|Senate]], but a general in the east, [[Marcus Aurelius Probus]], usurps power against him. Florianus breaks off his campaign against the Goths and marches east from the [[Bosphorus|Bosporus]] with support from the [[Roman legion]]s in [[Roman Britain|Britain]],  [[Gaul]], [[Hispania|Spain]] and [[Italy]].
* Florianus holds power for some weeks and fights indecisively against Probus in [[Cilicia]], but his soldiers, many of whom are from the colder Rhine and Danube frontiers, suffer from heat and disease. He is overthrown and then [[assassination|assassinated]] by his own troops near [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]] ([[Turkey]]), in collusion with Probus. Probus, age 44, is proclaimed new Emperor of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* Probus returns the aurelianianus to the tariffing of [[Aurelian]].
* Probus invites the faction responsible for the murders of Aurelian and Tacitus to a banquet, only to massacre them. He then arrests a surviving conspirator and has him burned alive.

==== Sassanid Empire ====
* King [[Bahram I]] of [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]] dies after a 3-year reign, in which the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] priests at [[Ctesiphon]] ([[Iran]]) put pressure on him to persecute [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Christianity|Christians]], and [[Manichaeism|Manichaeans]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Bahram II]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Mahasena of Sri Lanka|Mahasena]] reigns in [[Ceylon]]. Orthodox and unpopular, he tries to introduce [[Mahayana Buddhism]] to the country.
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== Births ==
* [[Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder|Gregory the Elder]], bishop of [[Nazianzus]] (approximate date)
* [[Guo Pu]], Chinese historian, poet and writer (d. [[324]])
* [[Wang Dao]], Chinese politician and statesman (d. [[339]])
* [[Emperor Yuan of Jin|Yuan of Jin]], Chinese emperor of the [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[323]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Bahram I]], king of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid Empire]]
* [[Florianus|Marcus Annius Florianus]], Roman emperor
* [[Tacitus (emperor)|Marcus Claudius Tacitus]], Roman Emperor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historia Augusta • Life of the Emperor Tacitus |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Tacitus*.html |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref>
* [[Tiberius Julius Synges]], Roman client king

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