The world in 250 Year 250 (CCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Gratus (or, less frequently, year 1003 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 250 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

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By place

Roman Empire

• A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date).
• The Goths under king Cniva invade Moesia. They cross the Danube and lay siege to Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv). After a long resistance, Cniva conquers the city and slays its one hundred thousand inhabitants.
• The Alamanni drive the Romans from the modern area of Donau-Ries.
• An epidemic of smallpox begins in Ethiopia, moves into Egypt and the roman colonies in North Africa and spreads through the Roman Empire. Named the Plague of Cyprian after St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage.

Africa

• The Kingdom of Aksum (Axum) takes control of commerce on the Red Sea.

Asia

• The Kofun Period begins in Japan.
• The Kushan Empire collapses.
• The earliest Chinese references to a device known as "emperor's south-pointing carriage" date to this period.

America

• Teotihuac n is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by Zapotec architects brought from Monte Alb n in Oaxaca.
• Classic period of Mesoamerican civilization begins.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Diophantus writes Arithmetica, the first systematic treatise on algebra.
• Family Group, traditionally called the Family of Vunnerius Keramus, is made. It was later placed in Brescia Cross. It is now kept at Museo Civico dell'Et Cristiana, Brescia (approximate date).
• Battle between the Romans and the Barbarians, detail of the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, found near Rome, is made. It is now kept at Museo Nazionale Romano (approximate date).

Religion

• Emperor Decius institutes the persecution of Christians in an attempt to restore the religion of Rome. Pope Fabian is one of the first martyrs.

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Births

• Arius, Christian priest and founder of Arianism (approximate date)
• Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor and father of Constantine the Great
• Galerius, Roman Emperor (approximate date)
• Maximian, Roman Emperor (approximate date)
• Zuo Si, writer and poet of the Jin Dynasty (d. 305)

Deaths

• Ambrose of Alexandria, Christian writer (approximate date)
• Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana ("Great Vehicle") Buddhism
• January 20 – Pope Fabian
• Saint Denise, Christian martyr
• Saint Mercurius, Christian martyr
• Wang Ling, general of the Kingdom of Wei
• Zhu Ju, general of the Kingdom of Wu

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