297

The year 297 (CCXCVII) was a common year beginning on a Friday 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 1050 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as < i>297 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

• The Caesar Chlorine Recovers Britannia for the Roman Empire.
• Maximiano intervenes against the French who had invaded the Roman Hispania.
• Possible creation of the diocesis Hispaniae.

Deaths

• Chen Shou, author of San Guo Zhi