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Roman Empire

• Valerian I recovers Antioch
  Antioch
  
  Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. It is near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the nearer East and was a cradle of gentile hi...
   from Shapur
  Shapur
  
  Shapur is a Persian male given name.Shapur can refer to one of three Sassanid dynasty kings:*Shapur I - 241 to 272*Shapur II - 309 to 379...
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• The Goths
  Goths
  
  The Goths were East Germanic tribes who, in the 3rd and 4th centuries, invasion the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the 5th and 6th centuries, divided as the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula and Italy....
   build a fleet on the Black Sea
  Black Sea
  
  The Black Sea is an inland sea sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolia and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Seas and various straits....
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• The Goths separate into the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths.
• Aurelian
  Aurelian
  
  Lucius Domitius Aurelianus , known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor , was the second of several highly successful "soldier-emperors" who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth....
   defeats the Goths along the lower Danube, bringing many prisoners back to Rome.

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Religion

• August 30 — Pope Sixtus II
  Pope Sixtus II
  
  Pope Sixtus II or Pope Saint Sixtus II was pope from August 30, 257 to August 6, 258. He died as a martyrdom during the persecution by Emperor Valerian ....
   succeeds Pope Stephen I
  Pope Stephen I
  
  Pope Saint Stephen I served as Bishop of Rome from 12 May, 254 to 2 August, 257.Of Rome birth but of Greek people ancestry, he became bishop of Rome in 254, having served as archdeacon of Pope Lucius I, who appointed Stephen his successor....
   as the 24th pope
  Pope
  
  The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
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• Valerian's persecution of Christians begins: his edict orders bishops and priests to sacrifice according to the pagan rituals, and prohibits Christians, under penalty of death, from meeting at the tombs of their deceased.

Births

• Saint Gregory the Illuminator
  Gregory the Illuminator
  
  Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener , the founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church was a religious leader credited with forging the Christian identity of Armenia via conversion from Armenian mythology....
  , founder and patron saint of the Armenian Church
  Armenian Church
  
  Armenian Church can refer to various religious movements and religious buildings:* Armenian Apostolic Church founded in 1st century AD, recognized by state 301...
   (approximate date)
• Empress Jia Nanfeng
  Empress Jia Nanfeng
  
  Empress Jia Nanfeng , nickname Shi , of the Jin Dynasty was the daughter of Jia Chong and first wife of Emperor Hui of Jin. She is commonly seen as a villainous figure in Chinese history, as the person who provoked the War of the Eight Princes, leading to the Wu Hu rebellions and Jin's loss of northern and central China....
  , wife of Emperor Hui
  Emperor Hui of Jin
  
  Emperor Hui of Jin, Simplified Chinese character ???, Traditional Chinese character ???, Pinyin. j?n hu? d?, Wade-Giles. Chin Hui-ti , personal name Sima Zhong , courtesy name Zhengdu , was the second emperor of the Jin Dynasty ....
  

Deaths

• Pope Stephen I
  Pope Stephen I
  
  Pope Saint Stephen I served as Bishop of Rome from 12 May, 254 to 2 August, 257.Of Rome birth but of Greek people ancestry, he became bishop of Rome in 254, having served as archdeacon of Pope Lucius I, who appointed Stephen his successor....
  
• Zhu Yi, general of Kingdom of Wu
• Wen Qin
  Wen Qin
  
  Wen Qin an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under the Kingdom of Cao Wei, and the protector of Yang. Enraged at Sima Shi on the displacement of Emperor Cao Fang, then raising a revolt with Guan Qiu Jian....
  , general of Kingdom of Wu
• Yue Lin, general of Kingdom of Wei