Decades: 230s 240s 250s 260s 270s - 280s - 290s 310s 320s 330s 340s

Years: 279 280 281 283 284 - 285 - 286 287 288 289 290

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• July - Rival Roman Emperors Carinus and Diocletian face each other in the Battle of the Margus. The later emerges victorious.

Deaths

• July - Carinus, Roman Emperor.