Editing 252

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Year '''252''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Trebonianus and Volusianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1005 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 252 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 ====
* [[Battle of Barbalissos]]: King [[Shapur I]] defeats the Roman army (some 70,000 men) at [[Barbalissos]] in [[Syria]] (approximate date).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNSyT_PuYVMC&q=siege+of+nisibis+252+sassanian+victory/&pg=PA468 |title=The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 |last2=Bowman |first2=Alan |last3=Garnsey |first3=Peter |last4=Cameron |first4=Averil |date=1970 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-30199-2 |pages=469 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Persia ====
* Shapur I puts down the [[rebellion|revolt]] in [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]] ([[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]]), and rejoins his army. 
* Shapur I invades [[Armenia]], and appoints [[Artavazd VI]] as the new Armenian king. 
* [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] submits peacefully to Shapur I, and becomes a vassal of the [[Sassanid Empire]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Sun Liang]] succeeds his father [[Sun Quan]], as emperor of the Chinese state of [[Eastern Wu]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* Pope [[Pope Cornelius|Cornelius]] is exiled to [[Civitavecchia|Centumcellae]], by Emperor [[Trebonianus Gallus]].
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== Births ==
* [[Eusignius of Antioch]], Roman general and martyr (d. [[362]])
* [[Wang Jun (Pengzu)|Wang Jun]] (or '''Pengzu'''), Chinese general and warlord (d. [[314]])
* [[Wei Huacun]], founder of the [[Shangqing School|Shangqing]] sect of [[Daoism]] (d. [[334]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Sun Quan]], founder of the [[Eastern Wu]] state (b. [[182]]) 
* [[Pan Shu|Pan]] (or '''Pan Shu'''), Chinese empress of the Eastern Wu state
* [[Tian Yu]] (or '''Guorang'''), Chinese general and politician (b. [[171]])
* [[Tiridates II of Armenia|Tiridates II]] (or '''Khosrov'''), Roman client king of [[Arsacid dynasty of Armenia|Armenia]]

== References ==
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