271

Year 271 (CCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelianus and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 1024 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 271 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:	250s 260s 270s 280s 290s
Years:	268 269 270 271 272 273 274

271 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	271 CCLXXI
Ab urbe condita	1024
Assyrian calendar	5021
Balinese saka calendar	192–193
Bengali calendar	−322
Berber calendar	1221
Buddhist calendar	815
Burmese calendar	−367
Byzantine calendar	5779–5780
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2967 or 2907     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2968 or 2908
Coptic calendar	−13 – −12
Discordian calendar	1437
Ethiopian calendar	263–264
Hebrew calendar	4031–4032
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	327–328
- Shaka Samvat	192–193
- Kali Yuga	3371–3372
Holocene calendar	10271
Iranian calendar	351 BP – 350 BP
Islamic calendar	362 BH – 361 BH
Javanese calendar	150–151
Julian calendar	271 CCLXXI
Korean calendar	2604
Minguo calendar	1641 before ROC 民前1641年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1197
Seleucid era	582/583 AG
Thai solar calendar	813–814
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 397 or 16 or −756     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 398 or 17 or −755

Roman Empire (271)

Events

Roman Empire

• Emperor Aurelian pushes the Vandals back from Pannonia and forces them to withdraw over the Danube. He withdraws the Roman army from Dacia (modern Romania). (Note: This may have lasted until 272. Both years are mentioned by various sources.)
• January
  • Battle of Placentia: The Juthungi[1] invade Italy and sack the city of Piacenza. A Roman army (15,000 men)[2] under Emperor Aurelian is ambushed and defeated.
  • Battle of Fano: The Juthungi move towards a defenceless Rome. Aurelian rallies his men and defeats the Germanic tribes on the Metauro River, just inland of Fano.
• Battle of Pavia: The Roman army pursues the Alamanni in Lombardy. Aurelian closes the passes in the Alps and encircles the invaders near Pavia. The Alamanni are destroyed and Aurelian receives the title Germanicus Maximus.
• Felicissimus, financial minister of the state treasury, leads an uprising of mint workers against Aurelian. He is defeated and killed on the Caelian Hill.
• Aurelian begins construction of a new defensive wall to protect Rome. The Aurelian Walls, 19 kilometers (12 mi), enclose the city with fortifications.

Europe

• Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire, is assassinated by Attitianus, reportedly for reasons of personal revenge. Domitian II presumably serves as Emperor for a few days before being replaced by Tetricus I.

Syria

• Zenobia proclaims herself to be Empress, and breaks all relations with the Roman Empire.
• Zenobia gives her son Vaballathus the title of Augustus.

Arts and sciences

• King Shapur I builds the Academy of Gundishapur (Iran), which becomes the intellectual center of the Sassanid Empire. The Nestorians fleeing religious persecution seek his protection. He commissions the refugees to translate Greek and Syriac works on astronomy, medicine and philosophy.
• A magnetic compass is first used in China.

Births

• Sima Wei, Chinese prince of the Jin dynasty (d. 291)

Deaths

• Ding Feng, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state
• Domitian II, Emperor of the Gallic Empire
• Felicissimus, Roman financial minister (rationalis)
• Liu Shan, Chinese emperor of the Shu Han state (b. 207)
• Pei Xiu, Chinese official, writer, geographer and cartographer (b. 224)
• Sima Wang, Chinese general and prince of the Jin dynasty (b. 205)
• Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire

References

1. Watson, Alaric. Aurelian and the Third Century. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 1999, p. 50.
2. Villari, Pasquale (January 30, 2018). The Barbarian Invasions of Italy. Ozymandias Press. ISBN 9781531265649.