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297| 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. | | 294–297 | Roman Empire [wars] | Galerius, Roman Caesar in the East, proves his worth in campaigning in the Danubian provinces, fighting the Goths, Marcomanni, Sarmatians, Bastarnians, and Carpi, but becomes embittered when he has to follow up with the unspectacular job of land reclamation and repopulation, moving the entire tribe of the Carpi to settlements within the Roman Empire. | | 296–297 | Egypt, Roman Empire [wars] | Rebellion again breaks out in Egypt and the Eastern Roman emperor Diocletian goes there in person with the young Constantine I the Great (later the first Christian emperor of Rome) on his staff. He besieges Alexandria and deposes the city's ‘emperor’, Achilleus. | | 297 | Roman Empire, Persia, Sassanian Empire [wars] | Galerius, the Roman emperor Diocletian's Caesar in the East, is given the job of combating the Sassanian King Narses of Persia. After initial success he suffers a serious defeat near Carrhae; Diocletian deliberately inflames his pride by making him walk behind his chariot as a punishment. | | 297 | China [chemistry] | The tomb of a Chinese military commander of this date contains metal belt ornaments made of aluminium, not isolated by Western scientists until 1827. |
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