285

This article is about the year 285. For the number, see 285 (number).

The year 285 (CCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the "Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Aurelius" (or, less frequently, "year 1038 Ab urbe condita"). The denomination 285 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	260s 270s 280s 290s 300s
Years:	282 283 284 285 286 287 288

285 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	285 CCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1038
Assyrian calendar	5035
Balinese saka calendar	206–207
Bengali calendar	−308
Berber calendar	1235
Buddhist calendar	829
Burmese calendar	−353
Byzantine calendar	5793–5794
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2982 or 2775     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2983 or 2776
Coptic calendar	1–2
Discordian calendar	1451
Ethiopian calendar	277–278
Hebrew calendar	4045–4046
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	341–342
- Shaka Samvat	206–207
- Kali Yuga	3385–3386
Holocene calendar	10285
Iranian calendar	337 BP – 336 BP
Islamic calendar	347 BH – 346 BH
Javanese calendar	165–166
Julian calendar	285 CCLXXXV
Korean calendar	2618
Minguo calendar	1627 before ROC 民前1627年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1183
Seleucid era	596/597 AG
Thai solar calendar	827–828
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 411 or 30 or −742     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 412 or 31 or −741

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Spring – Emperor Carinus marches from Britain to northern Italy, and defeats the army of usurper Sabinus Julianus at Verona.
• Summer – Battle of the Margus: Emperor Diocletian defeats the forces of Carinus in the valley of the Margus (Serbia). Numerous soldiers desert Carinus during the battle. Carinus then flees to the Pannonian fort of Cornacum, but he is soon slain by his officers.
• July 21 or July 25 – Diocletian appoints his fellow-officer Maximian to the office of caesar, or junior co-emperor.
• Carausius, naval commander at Bononia (modern-day Boulogne), is given the task of clearing the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates.
• Maximian is sent to pacify Gaul, where the Bagaudae, a band of peasants, are revolting against the Roman Empire.

Births

• St. Sylvester, Italian bishop (d. 335)

Deaths

• Marcus Aurelius Carinus, Roman consul and emperor
• Du Yu (or Yuankai), Chinese general and politician (b. 222)
• Sabinus Julianus, Roman usurper (approximate date)