|Centuries:||2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century|
|Decades:||250s 260s 270s – 280s – 290s 300s 310s|
|Years:||282 283 284 – 285 – 286 287 288|
|285 by topic|
|State leaders – Sovereign states|
|Birth and death categories|
|Births – Deaths|
|Establishment and disestablishment categories|
|Establishments – Disestablishments|
|Ab urbe condita||1038|
|Bahá'í calendar||−1559 – −1558|
|English Regnal year||N/A|
|Chinese calendar||甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
2981 or 2921
— to —
乙巳年 (Wood Snake)
2982 or 2922
|- Vikram Samvat||341–342|
|- Shaka Samvat||207–208|
|- Kali Yuga||3386–3387|
|Igbo calendar||−715 – −714|
|Iranian calendar||337 BP – 336 BP|
|Islamic calendar||347 BH – 346 BH|
|Minguo calendar||1627 before ROC
|Thai solar calendar||828|
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Year 285 (CCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 1038 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 285 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.
- Early – Emperor Carinus marches from Britain to northern Italy and defeats the army of the usurpur Sabinus Iulianus at Verona.
- Summer – Battle of the Margus: Emperor Diocletian defeats the forces of Carinus in the valley of the Margus (Serbia).
- July 21 or July 25 – Diocletian appoints his fellow-officer Maximian to the office of Caesar, or junior co-emperor.
- Late summer – Diocletian defends the Danube against Sarmatian raids. He transfers his capital to Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit in Turkey).
- Carausius, naval commander at Bononia (modern-day Boulogne), is given the task to clear the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates.
- Maximian is sent to pacify Gaul where the Bagaudae, a band of peasants, are revolting against the Roman Empire.
- Du Yu, Chinese general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 222)
- Carinus, Roman emperor
- Sabinus Iulianus, Roman usurper