阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 408 or 27 or −745 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 409 or 28 or −744
Year282 (CCLXXXII) was acommon year starting on Sunday of theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Probus and Victorinus (or, less frequently,year 1035Ab urbe condita). The denomination 282 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
The praetorian prefectMarcus Aurelius Carus usurps power inRaetia. Probus attempts to organise a campaign against Carus but is murdered by his discontented troops inSirmium.
Carus defeats theQuadi andSarmatians on theDanube; for his victories he is given the titleGermanicus Maximus.
^Jones, A.H.M; Martindale, J.R.; Morris, J. (March 2, 1971).The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395. Cambridge, England:Cambridge University Press. p. 977.