288

The year 288 (CCLXXXVIII) was a leap year beginning on a Sunday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named as the consulate of Valerius and Januarianus or, less commonly, as 1041 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as < i>288 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

• Diocletian carries out a military campaign in Recia.
• In Gaul, Maximiano builds a fleet to fight Carausio.

Deaths

• January 20: San Sebastian, martyr (n. 256).