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[[File:Saint Fabian1.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Fabian]] (236–250)]]

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Year '''236''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Verus and Africanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 989 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cooley |first=Alison E. |author-link=Alison E. Cooley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlghAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA458 |title=The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy |date=2012-09-13 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-57660-4 |language=en}}</ref> The denomination 236 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Maximinus Thrax]] and [[Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus]] become [[Roman consul]]s.
* The [[Roman Senate]] appoints a twenty-man committee to co-ordinate operations against Maximinus.
* Maximinus campaigns against [[Dacians]] and [[Sarmatians]] from his supply depot at [[Sirmium]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Pope Fabian]] succeeds [[Pope Anterus]] as the twentieth [[pope]].
* Fabian separates [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] into seven [[deacon]]ships.
* Fabian sends seven [[missionary|missionaries]] to [[Gaul]] to [[evangelize]] in the large cities.
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== Births ==
* [[Emperor Wu of Jin|Wu of Jin]] ('''Sima Yan'''), Chinese emperor (d. [[290]])
* [[Zhang Ti]], Chinese official and chancellor (d. [[280]])
* [[Zhou Chu]], Chinese general and politician (d. [[297]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Pope Anterus|Anterus]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Dong Zhao (Three Kingdoms)|Dong Zhao]], Chinese official and politician (b. [[156]])
* [[Zhang Zhao (Eastern Wu)|Zhang Zhao]], Chinese general and politician (b. 156)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Xiong |first1=Victor Cunrui |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval China |date=6 April 2017 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-7616-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCdCDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA819 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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