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241
The Roman Emperor Gordian III. marries Tranquillina.
241 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	233/234
Buddhist calendar	784/785 (southern Buddhism); 783/784 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	48th (49th) cycle , year of the metal rooster辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 254th / 1st year of the 255th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	4001/02 (September 22-23)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita XMIV (994)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 551/552 (turn of the year April); Syria: 552/553 (New Year October)
Spanish era	279
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	297/298 (turn of the year April)

Events

• or 240 : The Persian Empire under the Sassanid ruler Shapur I conquered the city ​​of Hatra , which was allied with the Roman Empire . This is Casus Belli for another Roman-Persian War .
• The Roman Emperor Gordian III. marries Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, daughter of the Praetorian prefect Timesitheus .

Born

• Cao Mao , Chinese Emperor († 260 )

Died

• Sun Deng , Chinese Crown Prince (* 209 )
• Zhuge Jin , Chinese politician (* 174 )