Year 276 (CCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tacitus and Aemilianus (or, less frequently, year 1029 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 276 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Roman Empire
Emperor Tacitus doubles the silver content of the aurelianianus, and halves its tariffing to 2.5 d.c. They carry the value marks X.I.
Tacitus campaigns successfully against the Goths who have invaded Asia Minor, and his half-brother, the praetorian prefect Marcus Annius Florianus, continues the campaign.
Tacitus' cousin Maximinus administers Syria in a harsh manner, and is assassinated by local men of power, who are joined in the conspiracy by the faction responsible for having assassinated Aurelian in the previous year.
Tácito muere en Tyana , Capadocia . O muere de enfermedad o es asesinado por la facción responsable de haber asesinado a Aureliano y Maximino.
Floriano mantiene el poder durante algunas semanas y lucha indeciso contra Probo en Cilicia , pero sus soldados, muchos de los cuales son de las fronteras más frías del Rin y el Danubio, sufren de calor y enfermedades. Es derrocado y luego asesinado por sus propias tropas cerca de Tarso ( Turquía ), en connivencia con Probo. Probo, de 44 años, es proclamado nuevo emperador de Roma .
Probo devuelve el aurelianianus al arancel de Aureliano .
Probo invita a un banquete a la facción responsable de los asesinatos de Aureliano y Tácito, sólo para masacrarlos. Luego arresta a un conspirador superviviente y lo quema vivo.