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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* First Gothic invasion: The [[Goths]], originally from [[Scandinavia]], with the [[Sarmatians]] (from modern [[Iran]]), invade the [[Balkans]] and [[Greece]]. They ravage  [[Moesia]] and [[Thrace]].
* The [[Heruli]] invade the [[Black Sea]] coast; they unsuccessfully attack [[Byzantium]] and [[Cyzicus]]. The [[Roman navy|Roman]] fleet defeats the Herulian fleet (500 ships) but allows them to escape into the [[Aegean Sea]], where they raid the islands of [[Lemnos]] and [[Skyros]].
* The Goths sack several cities of southern Greece including [[Athens]], [[Roman Corinth|Corinth]], [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] and [[Sparta]]. After the [[Sack of Athens (267 AD)|Sack of Athens]], an Athenian militia force (2,000 men), under the historian [[Dexippus]], pushes the invaders to the north where they are intercepted by the [[Roman army]] under emperor [[Gallienus]]. He wins an important victory near the [[Nestos (river)|Nestos River]], on the boundary between [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] and Thrace.
* [[Aureolus]], charged with defending [[Italy]], defeats [[Victorinus]] (co-emperor of [[Gaul]]), is proclaimed emperor by his troops, and begins his march on [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].

==== Near East ====

* King [[Odaenathus|Septimius Odaenathus]] of [[Palmyra]] makes plans for a campaign in [[Cappadocia]] against the Goths. He is assassinated, along with his eldest son, most probably by his nephew due to a previous altercation between him and Odaenathus.<ref>Dodgeon & Lieu 2002, p.72</ref> His wife [[Zenobia]] succeeds him, and rules [[Vaballathus]] (the [[Palmyrene Empire]]) with her young son.
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