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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
===Roman Empire===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus|Gaius Bellicius Torquatus]] and  [[List of Roman consuls#Third century (201–300)|Appius Claudius Julianus II]] begin their one year terms as the new [[Roman consul]]s.

==== Parthia ====
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hormozdgan]]: King [[Ardashir I of Persia|Ardashir I]] defeats [[Artabanus V of Parthia|Artabanus V]], destroying the [[Parthian Empire]], and establishing the [[Sassanid Dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carter |first=M.G. |date=1989 |title='''''The History of al‐Ṭabarī: Ta'rīkh al‐rusul wa'l‐mulūk, an Annotated Translation''''', Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al‐Ṭabarī, General editor, Ehsan Yar‐Shater, various translators, vols. II, IV, VII, XVIII, XXVII, XXXV, XXXVII, XXXVIII, New York: State University of New York Press, 1985‐, SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies (ed. Said Amir Arjomand): Bibliotheca Persica (ed. Ehsan Yar‐Shater). |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021086200015978 |journal=Iranian Studies |volume=22 |issue=2–3 |pages=137–141 |doi=10.1017/s0021086200015978 |issn=0021-0862|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Artabanus V's brother [[Vologases VI of Parthia|Vologases VI]] will continue to rule, with [[Armenia]]n and [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] support, over outlying parts of Parthia.
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===China===
*[[January 20]] &ndash; (Huang'chu era, 4th year, 12th month and the ''bing'yin'' day) At the [[Cao Wei]]s kingdom's capital at [[Xuchang]], in what is now the [[Henan]] province of China, the Emperor [[Cao Pi]] issues a decree demoting the former [[Emperor Xian of Han]] to "Duke of Shanyang" and gives Xian's late daughter, [[Liu Man (Princess Changle)|Liu Man]] the posthumous title of "Princess of Changle"<ref>[[Chen Shou]] (3rd century). ''[[Records of the Three Kingdoms]]'' (''Sanguozhi'')</ref> 
*[[September]] &ndash; In the [[Eastern Wu Kingdom]], the Emperor [[Sun Quan]] orders the demotion of [[Zhang Wen (Eastern Wu)|General Zhang Wen]] and his removal from command, commenting in the decree, "Oh, Zhang Wen, you are so fortunate to be spared from death." Two other officers, General [[Ji Yan (Eastern Wu)|Ji Yan]] and General Xu Biao are arrested and permitted to commit suicide rather than to be executed.<ref>Luo Guanzhong, ''Sanguo Yanyi'' (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) (14th century)</ref>