290

The year 290 (CCXC) was a common year beginning on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named as "the year of the consulate of Valerio and Valerio or, less commonly, as 1043 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as 290 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

Asian

• Jin Hui Di happens to Jin Wu Di as emperor of China.

Roman Empire

• Diocletian and Maximian co-emperators exercise consulate together for the second time, as they had already done in 287. Both are in Milan on the fifth anniversary of their government to discuss their successes and failures.

Births

• Eulalia de Barcelona, a Christian martyr. (probable date.)