271

Year 271 (CCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Emperor Aurelian pushes the Vandals back from Pannonia.
 January
 Battle of Placentia: The Alamanni invade Italy.  They take the city of Piacenza. 
 Battle of Fano: The Alamanni move toward Rome. Aurelian defeats the Germanic tribes on the Metauro River. 
 Battle of Pavia: The Roman army chase after the Alamanni in Lombardy. 
 Felicissimus leads an uprising against Aurelian. He is defeated and killed on the Caelian Hill. 
 Aurelian begins to build a new defensive wall to protect Rome.

 Europe 
 Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire, is killed by Attitianus. Domitianus is Emperor for a few days before being replaced by Tetricus I.

 Syria 
 Zenobia makes herself to be Empress.  She breaks all relations with the Roman Empire. 
 Zenobia gives her son Vaballathus the title of Augustus.

 By topic 
 Arts and sciences 
 King Shapur I builds the Academy of Gundishapur (Iran).
 A magnetic compass is first used in China.

 Births 
 Sima Wei, prince during the Jin Dynasty (d. 291)

 Deaths 
 Ding Feng, general of the Kingdom of Wu
 Domitianus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire
 Felicissimus, Roman financial minister (rationalis)
 Liu Shan, last Emperor of the Kingdom of Shu (b. 207)
 Pei Xiu, minister and cartographer of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 224)
 Sima Wang, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 205)
 Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire

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