Events Roman emperor Philip the Arabian entrusted future emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus with an important command on the Danube Trieu Thi Trinh Vietnamese warrior women begins her three year resistance against the invading Chinese. ... Events The Korean Baekje kingdom, under King Goi, attacks the Chinese commandery of Daifang. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 247 ... Events Cyprian becomes bishop of Carthage. ... Events Diophantus writes Arithmetica the first systematic treatise on algebra. ... Events Pope Cornelius succeeds Pope Fabian. ... Events Sun Liang succeeds Sun Quan as king of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu. ... For the book see 253 (book). ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 160s - 170s - 180s - 190s - 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s Years: 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 Significant people Cao Cao, King of Wei Caracalla, Roman Emperor Categories: 210s ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 170s - 180s - 190s - 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s Years: 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 Significant people Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor Zhuge Liang, Shu Han strategist of impressive intellect Categories: 220s ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 180s - 190s - 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s Years: 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 Events Alexander Severus is slain in a mutiny led by Maximinus Thrax, ending the Severan Dynasty and beginning (what many... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 190s - 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s Years: 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 Events Crisis of the Third Century Significant people Gordian III, Roman Emperor Philip the Arab, Roman Emperor Categories: 240s ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s Years: 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 Events Crisis of the Third Century End of Yayoi era and beginning of Kofun period, the first part of the... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s Years: 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 Events Crisis of the Third Century Significant people Gallienus, Roman Emperor Claudius II, Roman Emperor Categories: 260s ... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s Years: 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 Events Crisis of the Third Century Significant people Aurelian, Roman Emperor Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman Emperor Probus, Roman Emperor Categories... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century - other centuries) Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... (2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century - other centuries) Events The Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east. ... (3rd century - 4th century - 5th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...

Events

• Trajan Decius becomes Roman emperor.
• Sima Yi possesses complete control of the Kingdom of Wei and starts the foundation of the Jin Kingdom which becomes the Jin Dynasty

Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (201-251), Roman emperor (249 - 251), the first of the long succession of distinguished men from the Illyrian provinces, was born at Budalia near Sirmium in lower Pannonia. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Sīmǎ Yì (司马懿), courtesy name Zhongda (仲逹) (179-251) was a military strategist of the Kingdom of Wei. ... The Kingdom of Wei (ch. ... Jin may refer to: Jin Dynasty (265-420) Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) (Jinn) Jin, a state in China during the Spring and Autumn Period Later Jin Dynasty, founded in 1616 by Nurhaci Jin, a ruler of the Xia dynasty The Jin state of late Bronze Age Korea Jin, Chinese American...

Births

• Sima Lun, usurper of the Jin Dynasty in China (possible date)

Sima Lun (sim. ... Jin may refer to: Jin Dynasty (265-420) Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) (Jinn) Jin, a state in China during the Spring and Autumn Period Later Jin Dynasty, founded in 1616 by Nurhaci Jin, a ruler of the Xia dynasty The Jin state of late Bronze Age Korea Jin, Chinese American...

Deaths

• Wang Pi, Chinese philosopher
• Philip the Arab, Roman emperor