281

This article is about the year 281. For the number, see 281 (number).

Year 281 (CCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Tiberianus (or, less frequently, year 1034 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 281 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. The year comes after 280 and Comes before 282.

281 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	281 CCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	1034
Assyrian calendar	5031
Balinese saka calendar	202–203
Bengali calendar	−313 – −312
Berber calendar	1231
Buddhist calendar	825
Burmese calendar	−357
Byzantine calendar	5789–5790
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2978 or 2771     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2979 or 2772
Coptic calendar	−3 – −2
Discordian calendar	1447
Ethiopian calendar	273–274
Hebrew calendar	4041–4042
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	337–338
- Shaka Samvat	202–203
- Kali Yuga	3381–3382
Holocene calendar	10281
Iranian calendar	341 BP – 340 BP
Islamic calendar	352 BH – 350 BH
Javanese calendar	160–161
Julian calendar	281 CCLXXXI
Korean calendar	2614
Minguo calendar	1631 before ROC 民前1631年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1187
Seleucid era	592/593 AG
Thai solar calendar	823–824
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) 407 or 26 or −746     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 408 or 27 or −745

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Probus returns to Rome, where he celebrates his triumph over the Vandals and the usurpers (Bonosus, Julius Saturninus and Proculus).

Births

• Cai Mo (or Daoming), Chinese official and politician (d. 356)
• Theodore Stratelates, Roman general and martyr (d. 319)

Deaths

• Proculus, Roman general and usurper