272

[edit] Events

[edit] By Topic

[edit] Roman Empire

• Emperor Aurelian reconquers the kingdom of Palmyra, composed of Syria, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor, forcing Queen Zenobia to flee to Parthia.
• During the Siege of Tyana, Aurelian has a dream of Apollonius of Tyana and spares the city.
• Palmyra is destroyed after a revolt, and Egypt is forced to submit to Roman rule.
• Rome forms an alliance with the king of Aksum (Axum).

[edit] Asia

• Sassanid Shah Hormizd I succeeds Shapur I.

[edit] By Topic

[edit] Religion

• Dometius succeeds Titus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, and two of his disciples are beheaded near a hill outside of the city. The hill will later be called Montmartre, the Mountain of the Martyrs, in their honor.
• Paul of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch.

[edit] Births

• February 27 — Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire (306)
• Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
• St. Januarius, Patron saint of Naples

[edit] Deaths

• Saint Denis
• Shapur I
• Liu Qubei, Right Prince of the Southern Xiongnu
• Sima Fu, younger brother of Sima Yi