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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 240s 250s 260s – 270s – 280s 290s 300s |
| Years: | 268 269 270 – 271 – 272 273 274 |
Year 271 (CCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Aurelian pushes the Vandals back from Pannonia.
- January
- Battle of Placentia: The Alamanni invade Italy. They take the city of Piacenza.
- Battle of Fano: The Alamanni move toward Rome. Aurelian defeats the Germanic tribes on the Metauro River.
- Battle of Pavia: The Roman army chase after the Alamanni in Lombardy.
- Felicissimus leads an uprising against Aurelian. He is defeated and killed on the Caelian Hill.
- Aurelian begins to build a new defensive wall to protect Rome.
Europe
- Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire, is killed by Attitianus. Domitianus is Emperor for a few days before being replaced by Tetricus I.
Syria
- Zenobia makes herself to be Empress. She breaks all relations with the Roman Empire.
- Zenobia gives her son Vaballathus the title of Augustus.
By topic
Arts and sciences
- King Shapur I builds the Academy of Gundishapur (Iran).
- A magnetic compass is first used in China.
Births
- Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty (d. 291)
Deaths
- Ding Feng, general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Domitianus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire
- Felicissimus, Roman financial minister (rationalis)
- Liu Shan, last Emperor of the Kingdom of Shu (b. 207)
- Pei Xiu, minister and cartographer of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 224)
- Sima Wang, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 205)
- Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire