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| 257 in other calendars | |
| Ethiopian calendar | 249/250 |
| Buddhist calendar | 800/801 (southern Buddhism); 799/800 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 49th (50th) cycle , year of the Fire Ox丁丑 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Rat 丙子) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 258th / 1st year of the 259th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 4017/18 (25/26 September) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita MX (1010) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 567/568 (New Year April); Syria: 568/569 (New Year October) |
| Spanish era | 295 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 313/314 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
The Roman Empire and its Neighbors
- Emperor Valerian succeeds in recapturing the city of Antioch on the Orontes from the Sassanids and regaining control of the province of Syria .
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Imperial crisis of the 3rd century : Franconian troops invade the north-west of the Roman Empire , plunder cities in Gaul and even Tarraco in Tarraconensis . The Alemanni cross the Alps and advance into Italy. The Upper German-Raetian Limes must be given up as the outer border of Rome. In the following period the construction of the Danube-Iller-Rhein-Limes begins .
The remains of the Upper German-Raetian Limes have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2005 .
Empire of China
- Time of the Three Kingdoms : Wei regent Sima Zhao orders the loyal general Zhuge Dan to return to the capital, allegedly in order to receive a promotion. Zhuge Dan suspects that Sima Zhao tries to eliminate his potential opponents and then usurp the emperor's power. He starts an uprising against the regent from Wu China .
religion
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August 2nd : Stephan I , Bishop of Rome dies and is buried in the Calixtus catacomb .
His head is now a relic in Speyer . - August 30th : Sixtus II is elected Bishop of Rome.
Born
Died
- August 2nd : Stephen I , Bishop of Rome
- Rufina and Secunda , early Christian martyrs
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