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 Trajan Decius becomes Roman emperor. ... Events July 1 – In the Battle of Abrittus, the Goths defeat the Romans and Goths; emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed. ... Events Sun Liang succeeds Sun Quan as king of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu. ... For the book see 253 (book). ... A cosmic number. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... 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... Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s Years: 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 Significant people Diocletian, Roman Emperor Maximian, Roman Emperor Categories: 280s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... // Events Roman Empire governed by the Five Good Emperors (96–180) – Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius. ... // 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

• Diophantus writes Arithmetica the first systematic treatise on algebra.
• A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date).
• Goths invade Moesia.
• The Alamanni drive the Romans from the modern area of Donau-Ries.
• Decius begins a period of persecution of the Christians in the Roman Empire.
• Teotihuacán is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by Zapotec architects brought from Monte Albán in Oaxaca.

Diophantus of Alexandria - Διόφαντος ο Αλεξανδρεύς - (circa 200/214 – circa 284/298) was a Greek mathematician. ... Hi my name is Bob what is yours dear lady. ... A picture from the air Tarragona Ampitheatre Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ... In ancient geography, Moesia was a district inhabited chiefly by Thracian peoples. ... The Alamanni, Allemanni or Alemanni, were an alliance of warbands formed from Germanic tribes, first mentioned by Dio Cassius when they fought Caracalla in 213. ... Donau-Ries is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (201- July 1, 251), Roman emperor (249 - 251) was born at Budalia near Sirmium in lower Pannonia. ... History Main article: History of Christianity See also: Timeline of Christianity The history of Christianity is difficult to extricate from that of the European West (and several other culture-regions) in general. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine Empire. ... Teotihuacán was the largest Pre-Columbian known city in the Americas, and the name Teotihuacán is used to refer to the civilization this city dominated, which at its greatest extent included most of Mesoamerica. ... Zapotec refers to a native people of Mexico, their language family consisting of more than 15 languages, and their historic culture and traditions. ... Monte Albán is a large archeological site in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. ... The Mexican state of Oaxaca is in the south west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. ...

Births

• Maximian, Roman emperor (approximate date)
• Galerius Maximianus, Roman emperor, (approx)
• Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor and father of Constantine the Great (approximate date)
• Licinius, Roman emperor (approximate date)
• Arius, Christian priest and namesake of Arianism

emperor Maximian Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius (c. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Galerius on a coin Galerius Maximianus (c. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... On the reverse of this argenteus struck in Antioch under Constantius Chlorus, the tetrarcs are sacrificing to celebrate a victory against the Sarmatians. ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Constantine. ... Coin of Licinius For other Romans of this name, see Licinius (gens). ... Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Arius (AD 256 - 336) was an early Christian theologian, who taught that the Son of God was not eternal, and was subordinate to God the Father (a view known generally as Arianism). ... Arianism was a Christological view held by followers of Arius, a Christian priest who lived and taught in Alexandria, Egypt, in the early 4th century. ...

Deaths

• January 20 - Pope Fabian
• Ambrose of Alexandria, Christian writer (approximate date)
• Denis, Christian saint
• Denise, Christian martyr
• Saint Alban, Christian saint