
Events 290s -Silk: China or Korea first?
Silk: China or Korea first? Roman Empire Emperor Diocletian campaigns with success against Arabic enemies. Following his victory over Emperor Maximian‘s fleet, the usurper Carausius invades the European mainland and re-establishes his military and administrative presence in northern Gaul. The jurist Gregorius, at the court of Emperor Diocletian, produces the Gregorian Code, the first codification of Roman law Carausius is murdered by his finance minister Allectus, who proclaims himself the new emperor of Britain. Having supervised the Rhine frontier during Constantius’ invasion of Britain, Maximian then marches into Spain, where he fights Frankish pirates. He then crosses into North Africa to contend with the rebellion of the Quinquegentiani. Asia Emperor Wu of […]