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Contents

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

Asia

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Religion

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

★ Gallienus becomes Emperor.

★ Gallienus defends what remains of the empire against barbarians and usurpers. He reorganizes the army and reforms the administration.

★ Gallienus reinforces the military and establishes a new mobile force supported by the cavalry, which becomes the pivot of the Roman army. The army's headquarters are established in Milan.

★ Roman fort of Wiesbaden (Germany) captured by the Alamanni (possibly 259).

★ Franks took control over the Scheldt estuary (approximate date).

Asia

★ Persian king Shapur I destroys Caesarea Mazaca in Asia Minor.

★ Cao Huan succeeds Cao Mao as ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei.

★ Syria, Egypt and Palestine break off from the Roman Empire to form the Persian-supported Palmyran Empire.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ Earliest known date of chess.

Religion

★ Paul of Samosata becomes Patriarch of Antioch.

Births

★ Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date)

Deaths

★ Cao Mao, ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei, is killed in an abortive coup d'état against Sima Zhao

★ Emperor Valerian I (approximate date)

★ Sun Liang, emperor of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu

★ Chen Tai, minister of the Kingdom of Wei