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243
243 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	235/236
Buddhist calendar	786/787 (southern Buddhism); 785/786 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	48th (49th) cycle , year of the water-pig癸亥 ( at the beginning of the year water-dog 壬戌)
Greek calendar	2nd / 3rd Year of the 255th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	4003/04 (September 1st and 2nd)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita XMVI (996)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 553/554 (turn of the year April); Syria: 554/555 (New Year October)
Spanish era	281
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	299/300 (turn of the year April)

Events

• The Roman general Timesitheus , father-in-law of Emperor Gordian III. , defeated the Sassanid Empire under Shapur I in the Roman-Persian War , but died soon after. His successor as Praetorian prefect is Julius Philippus , who comes from Arabia .

Born

• Sun Liang , Chinese Emperor († 260 )
• around 243: Iamblichos of Chalkis , Greek philosopher († around 323 )

Died

• Timesitheus , Roman politician