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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
250 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar250
CCL
Ab urbe condita1003
Assyrian calendar5000
Balinese saka calendar171–172
Bengali calendar−343
Berber calendar1200
Buddhist calendar794
Burmese calendar−388
Byzantine calendar5758–5759
Chinese calendar己巳年 (Earth Snake)
2946 or 2886
     to 
庚午年 (Metal Horse)
2947 or 2887
Coptic calendar−34 – −33
Discordian calendar1416
Ethiopian calendar242–243
Hebrew calendar4010–4011
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat306–307
 - Shaka Samvat171–172
 - Kali Yuga3350–3351
Holocene calendar10250
Iranian calendar372 BP – 371 BP
Islamic calendar383 BH – 382 BH
Javanese calendar128–129
Julian calendar250
CCL
Korean calendar2583
Minguo calendar1662 before ROC
民前1662年
Nanakshahi calendar−1218
Seleucid era561/562 AG
Thai solar calendar792–793
Tibetan calendar阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
376 or −5 or −777
     to 
阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
377 or −4 or −776
The world in 250

Events

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 Novae and Marcianopolis.
  • Battle of Augusta Traiana: The Romans lose the battle against the Goths.
  • Cniva lays 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 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

Asia

  • The earliest Chinese references to a device known as "emperor's south-pointing carriage" date to this period.

Mesomerica

Art and science

  • Diophantus writes Arithmetica, the first systematic treatise on algebra.
  • Approximate date
    • The family portrait medallion, traditionally called the Family of Vunnerius Keramus, is made (it is later placed in the Brescia Cross, and then in the Museo Civico dell'Etá Cristiana, Brescia).
    • The Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus, depicting battle between the Romans and the Barbarians, is made for use in Rome (it is later moved to the collection of the National Roman Museum).
    • The Igel Column is erected at Trier in Germany.

Religion

Births

Deaths

  • January 20 Fabian (or Fabianus), pope of Rome
  • Du Qiong (or Boyu), Chinese official and astronomer
  • Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius, Christian martyrs
  • Marcus Minucius Felix, Roman apologist and writer
  • Peter, Andrew, Paul and Denise, Christian martyrs
  • Secundian, Marcellian and Verian, Christian martyrs
  • Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, Christian martyrs
  • Zhu Ju, Chinese general and chancellor (b. 194)

References

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