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Contents

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

Europe

Asia

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

★ Goths forced to withdraw across the Danube.

★ Alamanni repulsed from Italy, and forced back to the Alps.

★ Emperor Aurelian withdraws troops to the Danube frontier, abandoning Dacia. (Note: this withdrawal may have lasted until 272. Both years are mentioned by various sources.)

★ Aurelian begins construction of a new defensive wall, 16 meters high, to protect Rome.

Europe

★ Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire is assassinated by Attitianus, reportedly for reasons of personal revenge. Domitianus presumably serves as Emperor for a few days before replaced by Tetricus I.

Asia

★ Zenobia proclaims herself to be Empress, and breaks all relations with the Roman Empire.

★ Zenobia gives her son Vaballatus the title of Augustus.

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

★ The first use of a magnetic compass in China.

Births

★ Sima Wei

Deaths

★ Ding Feng, general of the Wu Kingdom

★ Liu Shan, last Emperor of the Kingdom of Shu

★ Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire

★ Domitianus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire (confirmed by two coins)

★ Pei Xiu, Chinese minister of public works; played a role developing the methods of surveying

★ Sima Wang, general of Jin Dynasty