258
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This article is about the year 258. For other uses, see 258 (number).
| Centuries: | 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century |
| Decades: | 220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s |
| Years: | 255 256 257 - 258 - 259 260 261 |
| 258 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 258 CCLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1011 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1586 – -1585 |
| Berber calendar | 1208 |
| Buddhist calendar | 802 |
| Burmese calendar | -380 |
| Chinese calendar | 2894/2954-11-10 (丁丑年十一月初十日) — to —
2895/2955-11-19(戊寅年十一月十九日) |
| Coptic calendar | -26 – -25 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 250 – 251 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4018 – 4019 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 313 – 314 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 180 – 181 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3359 – 3360 |
| Holocene calendar | 10258 |
| Iranian calendar | 364 BP – 363 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 375 BH – 374 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2591 |
| Thai solar calendar | 801 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Roman Empire
- The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon.
- Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire.
- The amount of silver in Roman currency falls below 10%.
- A second Imperial edict prohibits Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into four categories: priests, who are to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who are to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.
[edit] Asia
- Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
[edit] Education
- Nanjing University is founded in Nanjing, China.
[edit] Births
- Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date)
[edit] Deaths
- August 6 — Pope Sixtus II
- August 10 — Saint Lawrence
- September 14 — Cyprian, early Christian writer
- Novatian, antipope
- Zhuge Dan, relative of Zhuge Liang who rebelled against the Wei Kingdom
- Sun Lin, regent of Wu

