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287| 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | c. 287 | Roman Empire, Moesia [births and deaths] | Constantine I the Great, first Christian Roman emperor (312–324 western empire; 324–337 whole empire), born at Naissus in Roman Moesia Superior (modern Niš, Serbia (–337). | | 287 | Gaul, UK, Roman Empire [political events] | The Roman Caesar, Maximian, places a soldier named Carausius in charge of the Roman fleet at Boulogne, the Classis Britannica, to clear the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates. Carausius catches many pirates, but keeps the spoils for himself. When Maximian orders his execution, he revolts, keeping control of the north coasts of Gaul and using his naval power to cross to Britain, where he declares an independent empire on the model of Postumus in Gaul. |
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