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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Second Gothic invasion: The [[Goths]] and other [[Germanic peoples|German tribes]] attack [[Bosphorus|Bosphorean]] towns on the coast of the [[Black Sea]]. Some 2,000 ships and 320,000 men from the [[Danube]] enter Roman territory. Emperor [[Claudius Gothicus|Claudius II]] defeats the invaders and receives the title Gothicus for his triumph. Many of the prisoners will serve in the [[Roman legion]]s and settle in vacant lands in the [[Danubian provinces]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=1905 |page=754 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkhUMiSVCtUC&pg=PA754 |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
* Claudius II travels to [[Sirmium]] and prepares a war against the [[Vandals]], who raid [[Pannonia]].  
* The [[Heruli]] capture [[Athens]] and raid the [[Aegean Islands]] as far as [[Crete]] and [[Rhodes]].
* [[Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus]] is killed by his own troops, after not allowing them to sack the city of Mogontiacum.

==== Near East ====
* Queen [[Zenobia]] conquers [[Syria]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Lebanon]], parts of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and [[Egypt (Roman province)|Egypt]], giving her control of Rome's [[grain]] supply. The [[Library of Alexandria|library]] at [[Alexandria]] is partly burned during a raid by [[Zabdas]], general of Zenobia.

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[January 5]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Felix I|Felix I]] succeeds [[Pope Dionysius|Dionysius]] as the 26th pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* [[Paul of Samosata]] is deposed as [[Patriarch of Antioch]] (though he is not removed until [[272]]).
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