297

This article is about the year 297. For the number, see 297 (number).

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

297 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	297 CCXCVII
Ab urbe condita	1050
Assyrian calendar	5047
Balinese saka calendar	218–219
Bengali calendar	−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 (link will display the full calendar) 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Diocletian introduces a new tax system and other economic reforms.
• 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.

Births

• Murong Huang, ruler of the Former Yan (d. 348)
• Yu Wenjun, empress of the Jin Dynasty (d. 328)

Deaths

• Chen Shou, author of the San Guo Zhi (b. 233)
• Tirumalisai Alvar, one of the 12 Alvar saints. (b. 4203 BCE)
• Zhou Chu, Jin dynasty general, son of Zhou Fang (b. 236)