292

Year 292 (CCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hannibalianus and Asclepiodotus (or, less frequently, year 1045 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 292 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The jurist Gregorius, at the court of Emperor Diocletian, produces the Gregorian Code, the first codification of Roman law (approximate date).

Egypt

• The Upper Egypt revolts of (292–293) outbreak in Egypt, centralized in the city of Thebes, primarily involving other Egyptian cities such as Busiris and Coptos. A precursor to the much larger national Egyptian rebellion that followed a few years later.

Asia

• Bongsang becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Mesoamerica

• The oldest known Mayan stele is erected at the capital Tikal (modern Guatemala).

Births

• He Chong (or Cidao), Chinese politician (d. 346)
• Pachomius, Christian theologian and writer (d. 348)
• Zhu Jingjian, Chinese Buddhist nun (d. 361)

Deaths

• Yang Zhi, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. 259)