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242
Shapur I finally becomes sole ruler in the Sassanid Empire .
242 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	234/235
Buddhist calendar	785/786 (southern Buddhism); 784/785 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	48th (49th) cycle , year of the water dog壬戌 ( at the beginning of the year metal rooster 辛酉)
Greek calendar	1./2. Year of the 255th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	4002/03 (September 11th / 12th)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita XMV (995)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 552/553 (turn of the year April); Syria: 553/554 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	280
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	298/299 (turn of the year April)

Events

• around 242: After the death of his father Ardaschir I , Shapur I finally becomes the sole ruler of the Persian Sassanid Empire .

Born

• Sun Hao , Chinese Emperor († 284 )
• around 242: Saloninus , Roman Emperor († 260 )

Died

• Eugenius I , Bishop of Byzantion
• Man Chong , Chinese officer
• Yu Shao , Chinese general (* around 188 )
• around 242: Ardaschir I , King of the Sassanid Empire