253
Year 253 (CCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 220s 230s 240s – 250s – 260s 270s 280s |
| Years: | 250 251 252 – 253 – 254 255 256 |
| Gregorian calendar | 253 CCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1006 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5003 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 174–175 |
| Bengali calendar | −340 |
| Berber calendar | 1203 |
| Buddhist calendar | 797 |
| Burmese calendar | −385 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5761–5762 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2949 or 2889 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2950 or 2890 |
| Coptic calendar | −31 – −30 |
| Discordian calendar | 1419 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 245–246 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4013–4014 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 309–310 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 174–175 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3353–3354 |
| Holocene calendar | 10253 |
| Iranian calendar | 369 BP – 368 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 380 BH – 379 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 132–133 |
| Julian calendar | 253 CCLIII |
| Korean calendar | 2586 |
| Minguo calendar | 1659 before ROC 民前1659年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1215 |
| Seleucid era | 564/565 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 795–796 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 379 or −2 or −774 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 380 or −1 or −773 |
Emperor Gallienus
Events
Roman Empire
- Period of the Thirty Tyrants in the Roman empire.
- Aemilianus is called "enemy of the State" by the Roman Senate.
- Aemilianus rules for 3 months the Roman Empire. He promises to fight in Thrace and goes to war against Persia. The Senate gives him the rank of Pontifex Maximus.
- Aemilianus is murdered at Spoletium. Publius Valerianus made new emperor by the Rhine legions.
- Valerianus I splits the Roman Empire in two.
- Battle of Barbalissos: King Shapur I, defeats the Roman army (70,000 men) under Valerianus I at Barbalissos in Syria.
Religion
- Pope Cornelius is sent into exile.
- June 25 – Pope Lucius I succeeds Pope Cornelius as the 22nd pope.
- Lucius is arrested almost immediately after his election and also exiled.
Births
Deaths
- Pope Cornelius
- Aemilianus, Roman emperor
- Trebonianus Gallus, Roman emperor
- Volusianus, Roman emperor
- Saint Babylas, Patriarch of Antioch
- Fei Yi, general-in-chief of the Shu Kingdom
- Zhuge Ke, son of Zhuge Jin, nephew of Zhuge Liang, officer of the Wu Kingdom (b. 203)
- Sun He, son of Sun Quan
- Ehe Shaoge, a general of Qiang
References
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