250
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This article is about the year 250. For other uses, see 250 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century |
| Decades: | 220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s |
| Years: | 247 248 249 - 250 - 251 252 253 |
| 250 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 250 CCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1003 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1594 – -1593 |
| Berber calendar | 1200 |
| Buddhist calendar | 794 |
| Burmese calendar | -388 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5758 – 5759 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十一月十一日 (2886/2946-11-11) — to —
庚午年十一月廿一日(2887/2947-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | -34 – -33 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 242 – 243 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4010 – 4011 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 305 – 306 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 172 – 173 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3351 – 3352 |
| Holocene calendar | 10250 |
| Iranian calendar | 372 BP – 371 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 383 BH – 382 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2583 |
| Thai solar calendar | 793 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Roman Empire
- A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date).
- The Goths invade Moesia.
- The Alamanni drive the Romans from the modern area of Donau-Ries.
- An epidemic of the Plague begins in Egypt and spreads through the Roman Empire.
[edit] Africa
[edit] Asia
- The Kofun Period begins in Japan.
- The Kushan Empire collapses.
[edit] The Americas
- Teotihuacán is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by Zapotec architects brought from Monte Albán in Oaxaca.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] 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'Etá 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, Rome (approximate date).
[edit] Births
- Maximian, Roman emperor (approximate date)
- Galerius, Roman emperor, (approximate date)
- Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor and father of Constantine the Great (approximate date)
- Licinius, Roman emperor (approximate date)
- Arius, Christian priest and founder of Arianism (approximate date)
- Zuo Si
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 — Pope Fabian
- Ambrose of Alexandria, Christian writer (approximate date)
- Mercurius, a Christian saint and martyr
- Saint Denise
- Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana ("Great Vehicle") Buddhism
- Zhu Ju, general of Wu
- Wang Ling, general of Wei
