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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|250}} {{Year nav|250}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:World map 250 CE.png|thumb|The world in 250]] __NOTOC__ Year '''250''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCL]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Gratus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1003 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 250 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 ==== * A group of [[Franks]] penetrate as far as [[Tarragona]] in [[Hispania|Spain]] (approximate date). * The [[Goths]] under King [[Cniva]] invade [[Moesia]]. They cross the [[Danube]] and lay siege to [[Novae (fortress)|Novae]] and [[Marcianopolis]]. * [[Battle of Augusta Traiana]]: The Romans lose the battle against the Goths. * Cniva lays siege to [[Battle of Philippopolis (250)|Philippopolis]] (modern [[Plovdiv]]). After a long resistance, Cniva conquers the city and slays its one hundred thousand inhabitants. * The [[Alamanni]] drive the Romans from the modern area of [[Donau-Ries]]. * An epidemic begins in [[Ethiopia]], moves into [[Egypt]] and the [[Roman colonies in Berber Africa|Roman colonies in North Africa]], and spreads through the [[Roman Empire]] (named the [[Plague of Cyprian]], after [[Cyprian|St. Cyprian]], bishop of [[Carthage]]). ==== Africa ==== * The Kingdom of [[Aksum]] ([[Axum]]) takes control of commerce on the [[Red Sea]]. ==== Asia ==== * The earliest Chinese references to a device known as "emperor's south-pointing [[carriage]]" date to this period. ==== Mesomerica ==== * [[Teotihuacán]] is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]] architects brought from [[Monte Albán]] in [[Oaxaca]]. * Classic period of [[Mesoamerican]] civilization begins. === By topic === ==== Art and science ==== * [[Diophantus]] writes ''[[Arithmetica]]'', the first systematic treatise on algebra. * Approximate date ** The family portrait medallion, traditionally called the ''Family of Vunnerius Keramus'', is made (it is later placed in the Brescia Cross, and then in the Museo Civico dell'Etá Cristiana, [[Brescia]]). ** The [[Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus]], depicting battle between the Romans and the Barbarians, is made for use in [[Rome]] (it is later moved to the collection of the [[National Roman Museum]]). ** The [[Igel Column]] is erected at [[Trier]] in Germany. ==== Religion ==== * [[January 3]] – [[Decian persecution]] of [[Christians]] is initiated when Emperor [[Decius]] orders everyone in the [[Roman Empire]] (except Jews) to perform a sacrifice to the gods of [[religion in ancient Rome]]. On [[January 20]], Pope [[Pope Fabian|Fabian]] becomes one of the first martyrs of this [[persecution]]. * Possible date – [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]], a bishop of [[Paris]], is martyred by beheading.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Denis/|title=Saint Denis bishop of Paris|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}</ref></onlyinclude> == Births == * [[March 31]] – [[Constantius Chlorus]], Roman emperor (d. [[306]]) * [[Galerius|Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus]], Roman emperor (d. [[AD 311|311]]) * [[Lu Jing]] (or '''Shiren'''), Chinese general and writer (d. [[280]]) * [[Maximian]] ('''Herculius'''), Roman consul and emperor (d. [[310]]) * [[Zuo Si]] (or '''Taichong'''), Chinese poet and writer (d. [[305]]) == Deaths == * [[January 20]] – [[Pope Fabian|Fabian]] (or Fabianus), pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] and martyr * [[Du Qiong (Three Kingdoms)|Du Qiong]] (or Boyu), Chinese official and astronomer * [[Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria|Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius]], Christian martyrs * [[Marcus Minucius Felix]], Roman apologist and writer * [[Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise|Peter, Andrew, Paul and Denise]], Christian martyrs * [[Secundian, Marcellian and Verian]], Christian martyrs * [[Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha]], Christian martyrs * [[Zhu Ju]], Chinese general and chancellor (b. [[194]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:250}} [[Category:250| ]]
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