260s

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Events

• 260 : The Roman Emperor Valerian gets into Persian captivity. He dies there a few years later. Gallienus , whom he appointed as co-emperor, assumes sole imperial power.
• 262 : The temple of Artemis in Ephesus is considered one of the 7 wonders of the world after its first destruction in 356 BC. Chr. And its reconstruction now finally by the Goths destroyed.
• 263 : Fall of the Chinese Shu Dynasty under the invasion of the Wei .
• 265 : The regent Sima Yan deposed the last Wei emperor Cao Huang and founded the Jin dynasty as Jin Wudi .

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