297

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Calendar year

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Millennium
1st millennium
Centuries
2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades
270s 280s 290s 300s 310s
Years
294 295 296 297 298 299 300
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297 by topic
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297 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar 297
CCXCVII

Ab urbe condita 1050

Assyrian calendar 5047

Balinese saka calendar 218–219

Bengali calendar −297 – −296

Berber calendar 1247

Buddhist calendar 841

Burmese calendar −341

Byzantine calendar 5805–5806

Chinese calendar 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon)
2994 or 2787
— to —
丁巳年 (Fire Snake)
2995 or 2788

Coptic calendar 13–14

Discordian calendar 1463

Ethiopian calendar 289–290

Hebrew calendar 4057–4058

Hindu calendars

- Vikram Samvat 353–354

- Shaka Samvat 218–219

- Kali Yuga 3397–3398

Holocene calendar 10297

Iranian calendar 325 BP – 324 BP

Islamic calendar 335 BH – 334 BH

Javanese calendar 177–178

Julian calendar 297
CCXCVII

Korean calendar 2630

Minguo calendar 1615 before ROC
民前1615年

Nanakshahi calendar −1171

Seleucid era 608/609 AG

Thai solar calendar 839–840

Tibetan calendar 阳火龙年
(male Fire-Dragon)
423 or 42 or −730
— to —
阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
424 or 43 or −729

Year 297 (CCXCVII ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 1050 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 297 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Empire

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Emperor Diocletian introduces a new tax system and other economic reforms.^[1]
Diocletian watches over the Syrian provinces while Caesar Galerius makes preparations for a campaign against the Persian king Narseh. He recruits veterans from Illyria and Moesia, recruits new soldiers, and strengthens his army with Gothic mercenaries and the Armenian units of Tiridates III.
August: Domitius Domitianus launches a usurpation against Diocletian in Egypt. He is perhaps aided by popular discontent with Diocletian's taxation reform.
Autumn: Diocletian besieges the rebels in Alexandria.
December: Domitianus dies, but his corrector Aurelius Achilleus takes over as the leader of the rebellion.
Battle of Satala: Galerius launches a surprise attack against Narseh's camp in western Armenia. The Romans sack the camp and capture Narseh's wives, sisters and daughters, including his Queen of Queens Arsane. Narseh is wounded and escapes to his empire.