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Calendar overview 256
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| 256 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 248/249 |
| Buddhist calendar | 799/800 (southern Buddhism); 798/799 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 49th (50th) cycle , year of the fire-rat丙子 ( at the beginning of the year wood-pig 乙亥) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 258th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 4016/17 (September 7/8) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita MIX (1009) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 566/567 (New Year April); Syria: 567/568 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 294 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 312/313 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- Gallienus ' son Valerianus is elevated to Caesar .
- The Carps and Goths penetrate the Danube into the province of Macedonia to Thessalonica and plunder the coasts of Asia Minor .
- Numerous Franks and Alemanni invade the north-west of the Roman Empire and plunder the cities.
- The Roman border town of Dura Europos on the Euphrates is conquered by the Sassanids .
Empire of China
- Time of the Three Kingdoms : Wei troops under Deng Ai inflict a crushing defeat on the Shu army under Jiang Wei , which ends the border skirmishes between the two kingdoms.
Died
- Fabius of Antioch , bishop
- Lü Dai , Chinese officer (* 161 )
- Sun Jun , Chinese politician (* 219 )
Web links
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