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Year '''299''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and Maximian''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1052 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 299 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Peace of Nisibis (299)|Peace of Nisibis]]: Emperor [[Diocletian]] signs a treaty with the Persian king [[Narseh]] that will last for 40 years. The Persians accept Roman dominion over [[Armenia]], the [[Caucasus]], and Upper [[Mesopotamia]]. The pro-Roman ruler [[Tiridates III of Armenia|Tiridates III]] receives all of Armenia as far as the border with [[Atropatene]]. [[Mirian III]] of the [[Kingdom of Iberia]] is made a Roman client, and at some point in time, as a result of the treaty, [[Caucasian Albania]] will follow suit. Rome also gains five satrapies beyond the Tigris, which are perhaps given to Tiridates to administer.
* To celebrate his victory over the Persians, Galerius commissions the [[Arch of Galerius and Rotunda|Arch of Galerius]] in [[Thessaloniki]] (modern [[Greece]]).
* In this or the following year, Galerius campaigns with success against [[Sarmatians]] and the [[Marcomanni]], attacking through a swamp to defeat a Sarmatian army.
* Having first crossed into Africa in 296, Emperor [[Maximian]] concludes his campaigns against the [[Quinquegentiani]] and other [[Berbers]]. His campaigns had ranged as far as [[Mauretania]] in the west and [[Tripolitania]] in the east. Julianus, a rebel leader in Africa, throws himself into a fire after the Romans breach the walls of his stronghold.
* Returning to Rome in triumph, Maximian commissions the [[Baths of Diocletian]] in honour of his 'brother' Diocletian. 
* Diocletian expels [[Christians]] from the [[Roman army]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barnes |first=Timothy D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGDjJK-JeSwC |title=Constantine and Eusebius |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-674-16531-1 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |pages=157}}</ref>

==== China ====
* Empress [[Jia Nanfeng]] frames Crown Prince Yu for treason and has him deposed.
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== Births ==
* [[Emperor Ming of Jin|Jin Mingdi]], Chinese emperor of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[325]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Judah bar Ezekiel]], Babylonian [[Amoraim|amora]] (b. [[220]])
* [[Qi Wannian]], Chinese chieftain and rebel leader

== References ==
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