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The Alemanni take 259/260 by the Romans abandoned Agri Decumates possession.
259 in other calendars
Ethiopian calendar	251/252
Buddhist calendar	802/803 (southern Buddhism); 801/802 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	49th (50th) cycle , year of the earth-hare己卯 ( at the beginning of the year earth-tiger 戊寅)
Greek calendar	2nd / 3rd Year of the 259th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	4019/20 (September 4th / 5th)
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MXII (1012)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 569/570 (New Year April); Syria: 570/571 (New Year October)
Spanish era	297
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	315/316 (turn of the year April)

Events

Emperor Gallienus decreed several changes in the power structures of the empire . Civil and military offices are being separated, and management positions are to be assigned more based on performance and less on the basis of privileges.
259/ 260 : Empire crisis of the third century : the Alemanni take abandoned by the Romans Agri Decumates ( "tithe land") in possession. After the abandonment of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, the area could no longer be held ( Limesfall ).

Time of the Three Realms : Shu General Jiang Wei begins a daring plan to overpower the hostile but overpowering Wei China: He has the garrisons withdrawn from all border towns in order to induce the Wei army to attack.

January 21st : The diocese of Tarragona is mentioned for the first time on the occasion of the martyrdom of Bishop Fructuosus .

Martyrdom of St. Polyeuctus in the Menologion of Basil II.

Polyeuktus , Roman soldier of Greek origin, Catholic and Orthodox martyr and saint

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