| AD | Event |
| 275 | A peaceful Interregnum of Eight Months; The Consul Assembles the Senate;
Character of Tacitus, He is elected Emperor,
He accepts the Purple;
Authority of the Senate;
Their Joy and Confidence |
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| 276 | Tacitus is acknowledged by the Army; The Alani invade Asia and are repulsed by Tacitus;
Death of the Emperor Tacitus;
Usurpation and Death of his Brother Florianus,
Their Family Subsists in Obscurity;
Character and Elevation of the Emperor Probus;
His Respectful Conduct towards the Senate;
Victories of Probus over the Barbarians |
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| 277 | He delivers Gaul from the Invasion of the Germans;
He carries his Arms into Germany;
He builds a Wall from the Rhine to the Danube;
Introduction and Settlement of the Barbarians;
Daring Enterprise of the Franks |
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| 279 | Revolt of Saturninus in the East |
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| 280 | Revolt of Bonosus and Proculus in Gaul |
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| AD | Event |
| 281 | Triumph of the Emperor Probus; His Discipline |
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| 282 | His Death;
Election and Character of Carus;
The Sentiments of the Senate and People;
Carus defeats the Sarmatians, and marches into the East |
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| 283 | He gives Audience to the Persian Ambassadors; His Victories, and extraordinary Death; He is succeeded by his two Sons, Carinus and Numerian |
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| 284 | Vices of Carinus;
He celebrates the Roman Games;
Spectacles of Rome;
The Amphitheatre;
Return of Numerian with the Army from Persia;
Death of Numerian |
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| 284 | Election of the Emperor Diocletian |
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| 285 | Defeat and Death of Carinus |
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