Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
240
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|240}} {{Year nav|240}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Hatra ruins.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The ruins of [[Hatra]] (1988)]] __NOTOC__ Year '''240''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXL]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Venustus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 993 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 240 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * The [[Roman Empire]] is threatened on several fronts at the same time. [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]] revolts and tribes in northwest [[Germania]], under the name of the [[Franks]], are raiding the [[Rhine]] frontier. ==== Persia ==== * [[April 12]] – Prince [[Shapur I]] becomes co-ruler of the [[Sasanian Empire]] with his father King [[Ardashir I]]. * [[Fall of Hatra|Siege of Hatra]]: The Sasanians besiege the capital of the [[Kingdom of Hatra]] ruled by [[Sanatruq II]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Edwell |first1=Peter |title=Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra Under Roman Control |date=2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134095735 |page=168 |language=en}}</ref> ==== India ==== * [[Gupta (king)|Maharaja Sri-Gupta]] becomes ruler of the [[Gupta Empire]] (approximate date). === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]], a young mystic of [[Ctesiphon]], proclaims himself a [[prophet]] at the court of Ardashir I. He preaches his doctrine, [[Manichaeism]], throughout the Sassanid Empire.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gulácsi |first=Zsuzsanna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUUpCwAAQBAJ |title=Mani's Pictures: The Didactic Images of the Manichaeans from Sasanian Mesopotamia to Uygur Central Asia and Tang-Ming China |date=2016-04-18 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-30894-7 |pages=42–54 |language=en}}</ref> </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[Lucian of Antioch]], Syrian theologian and martyr (d. [[312]]) * [[Sporus of Nicaea]], Greek mathematician (approximate date) * [[Zenobia]], queen of the [[Palmyrene Empire]] (d. [[274]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Southern |first=Pat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecfiAAAAQBAJ |title=Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen |date=2008-11-17 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4411-4248-1 |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref> == Deaths == * [[Ammonius Saccas]], [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonic]] philosopher (approximate date) * [[Herodian|Herodian of Antioch]], Roman historian and writer (b. [[170]]) * [[Huang Quan (general)|Huang Quan]] (or Gongheng), Chinese general == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:240}} [[Category:240| ]]
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page
(
help
)
:
Template:About year
(
edit
)
Template:Cite book
(
edit
)
Template:M1 year in topic
(
edit
)
Template:Reflist
(
edit
)
Template:Use mdy dates
(
edit
)
Template:Year nav
(
edit
)