291

The year 291 (CCXCI) was a common year beginning on a Thursday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named as the consulate of Tiberian and Dion or, less commonly, as 1044 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as < i>291 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

Roman Empire

• Diocletian signs peace treaties Axum and Nubia.

Gothic people

• The Godo People are separated in Tervingios and Greutungos, later called Visigodos and Ostrogodos respectively.

Asian

• The war of the eight princes begins in China.

Births

• Ines of Rome.