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[edit] 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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Births

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

[edit] 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)