256

This article is about the year 256. For other uses, see 256 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century
Decades:	220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s
Years:	253 254 255 - 256 - 257 258 259

256 by topic v • d • e
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] Events

Goths invade Asia Minor. Dacia is lost for the Roman Empire.
Emperor Valerian persecutes Christians.
The Franks cross the Rhine, the Alamanni reach Milan.
Cities in the Roman Empire begin to build walls as the defense of the frontiers begins to crumble.
The Goths appear at the walls of Thessalonica.
In Africa, the Berbers massacre Roman colonists.
The future emperor Aurelian inspects and organizes the defenses along the Rhine.
Persian king Shapur overruns Mesopotamia and Syria.

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