253

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This article is about the year 253. For the number, see 253 (number). For the novel by Geoff Ryman, see 253 (novel).

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

253 by topic
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253 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	253 CCLIII
Ab urbe condita	1006
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	5003
Bahá'í calendar	−1591 – −1590
Bengali calendar	−340
Berber calendar	1203
English Regnal year	N/A
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	175–176
- Kali Yuga	3354–3355
Holocene calendar	10253
Igbo calendar	−747 – −746
Iranian calendar	369 BP – 368 BP
Islamic calendar	380 BH – 379 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	253 CCLIII
Korean calendar	2586
Minguo calendar	1659 before ROC 民前1659年
Thai solar calendar	796
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Emperor Gallienus

Year 253 (CCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Volusianus and Claudius (or, less frequently, year 1006 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 253 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

By place

Roman Empire

Period of the Thirty Tyrants in the Roman empire. The legions who have campaigned against the Goths on the Danube elect Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus as new emperor. He advances on Rome along the Flaminian Way, to meet his opponent emperor Trebonianus Gallus and his son Volusianus. For the most part, generals in the border regions are proclaimed emperor by their armies to halt the invasion of Germanic tribes.
Aemilianus is proclaimed "enemy of the State" by the Roman Senate. Trebonianus Gallus is defeated at Interamna Nahars (Umbria), he flees with Volusianus to the north, but at Foligno they are killed by their own troops.
Aemilianus rules for 3 months the Roman Empire, he promise to fight in Thrace and goes to war against Persia. The Senate gives him the rank of Pontifex Maximus.
Aemilianus is murdered at Spoletium and Publius Valerianus, age 60, is recognised as new emperor by the Rhine legions. He gives his son Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus the title Augustus. Valerianus I dispatches him to the Danube where the Goths are violating the treaty signed with Rome and invade Moesia.
Valerianus I splits the Roman Empire in two; Gallienus taking control of the West and his father ruling the East, where he faced the Persian threat.
Battle of Barbalissos: King Shapur I, defeats the Roman army (70,000 men) under Valerianus I at Barbalissos in Syria.

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Religion

Pope Cornelius is sent into exile.
June 25 – Pope Lucius I succeeds Pope Cornelius as the 22nd pope.
Lucius is arrested almost immediately following 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

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