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Several usurpers such as Pacatianus and Iotapianus can be proclaimed to be anti-emperor to Philip Arabs .
248 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	240/241
Buddhist calendar	791/792 (southern Buddhism); 790/791 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	49th (50th) cycle , year of the earth-dragon龙 辰 ( at the beginning of the year fire-rabbit 丁卯)
Greek calendar	3rd / 4th Year of the 256th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	4008/09 (September 6-7)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MI (1001)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 558/559 (New Year April); Syria: 559/560 (New Year October)
Spanish era	286
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	304/305 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

• Imperial crisis of the 3rd century : In several Roman provinces usurpers such as Pacatianus and Iotapianus lay claim to the Roman throne, but are soon murdered by their own troops.

Aureus of Decius, on which his victories are celebrated

• Goths and Karpen fall into Moesia one. Since the emperor's father-in-law, Severianus , was unable to cope with the defense, Senator Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius was given supreme command over the affected provinces and was able to repel the attack.

Science, culture and society

• Emperor Philip Arabs celebrates the millennium of the founding of Rome with great propaganda effort . The historian Asinius Quadratus is probably publishing his 15-volume History of Rome on this occasion .

Died

• Dongcheon , Korean king (* 209 )
• Heraclas of Alexandria , Bishop of Alexandria
• Himiko , Japanese queen (* around 183 )
• Triệu Thị Trinh , Vietnamese military leader (* 225 )