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Year of the Metal horse庚午(at the beginning of Earth Snake己巳)
Syria: 561/562 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Roman Empire
- Emperor Decius in Rome appoints his sons Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian to Caesares ( sub- emperors ).
- In Rome, Decius begins the first emperor after twenty years back a construction boom. The still damaged by the fire of 217 Flavian Amphitheatre ( Colosseum ) is repaired.
- An alliance " skytischer tribes " (ie Goten and Karpen ) under the Gothic king Kniva penetrates into the Roman Empire and plunders Napoca.
- While Decius is not in Rome, the Senator Licinianus appoints anti-emperor. He will be executed within a few days.
- The traditionalist Emperor Decius revives the neglected imperial cult. There is general in the Roman Empire freedom of religion, the imperial cult is the only religious act that absolutely need. Here, every citizen must pay homage to the deceased, to Divus declared by the Senate emperors, such as by lighting a candle incense in a temple. Only Christianity, which is spreading for some time in the cities of the empire, the imperial cult vehemently opposes. This leads to a renewed persecution of religion. Many Christians, including bishops, say himself away from their faith.
Imperial China
- The Three Kingdoms Period: Emperor Sun Quan of the Wu dynasty forces in Nanjing, his son Sun Ba due to his constant attacks against Crown Prince Sun He suicide. Instead of Sun He then appoint his youngest son Sun Liang as the new crown prince. Several officials who oppose that step, either executed or forced to commit suicide also.
Religion
- January 20: Fabian, Bishop of Rome, dies during the persecution of Christians. Because of this, no new bishop is first selected. Novatian is first appointed Chairman of the municipality. Fabian is buried in St. Callistus catacombs. His sarcophagus in 1915 rediscovered.
- ( to ) work of Bartholomew Gospel.
Born
- 250: Galerius, Emperor of the Roman Empire († 311)
- 250: Lactantius, teacher of rhetoric and Christian apologist († 320 )
- 250: Lucian of Antioch, theologian and priest in Antioch († 312)
Died
- January 20: St. Fabian, Bishop of Rome ( * before 200)
- March 12 (? ): St. Pionius, Asia Minor presbyter and Christian martyr
- 250: Abdon and Sennen, Christian Persian martyrs
- 250: Agatha of Catania, Christian martyr (c. 225)
- 250: Agnes of Rome, Christian martyr (c. 237)
- 250: Alexander of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem