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Events

By Place

Roman Empire

* Pressure on Rome by Goths, Quadi, Sassanids, Franks and Alemanni increases. Following a defeat by the Germans, Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea, are massacred near Mainz (Mongontiacum) by his soldiers. Severan dynasty ends.
* Maximinus Thrax becomes Emperor. Having a Gothic father and an Alan mother, he is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne. His accession leads to the Crisis of the Third Century.

By Topic

Religion

* A number of church leaders, among whom are Pope Pontian and Hippolytus, are exiled to Sardinia.
* September 28 — Pope Pontian resigns.
* November 21 — Pope Anterus succeeds Pope Pontian as the nineteenth pope.
* Origen makes revisions to the Septuagint.

Births

* Sun Xiu, emperor of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu (d. 264)

Deaths

* Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor (b. 208)
* Hippolytus, Christian writer
* Pope Pontian
* Yang Yi, minister of Shu
* Chen Zhen, minister under Liu Bei of Shu (b. 170)
* Ke Bineng (b. 172)
* Empress Wende, empress of Cao Wei (b. 184)