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Year '''254''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Gallienus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1007 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 254 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 ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Valerian (emperor)|Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus]] and [[Gallienus|Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus]] become [[Roman Consul]]s.
* The [[Roman Empire]] is threatened by several peoples on their borders: the Germanic confederations, such as the [[Franks]] on the Middle [[Rhine]], the [[Alemanni]] on the upper Rhine and Danube, and the [[Marcomanni]] facing the provinces at [[Noricum]] and [[Raetia]]. On land the confederation of [[Goths]] threaten the lower Danube provinces, and on the sea they threaten the shores of Thracia, Bithynia et Pontus, and Cappadocia. In the eastern provinces, the [[Sassanid Empire|Sassanid Persians]] had the previous year defeated a Roman field army at Barballisos, and afterwards plundered the defenseless provinces. This period of time is called today the [[Crisis of the Third Century]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen I]] succeeds [[Pope Lucius I]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Stephen I {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Stephen-I-pope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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== Deaths ==
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Pope Lucius I|Lucius I]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guiley |first1=Rosemary |title=The Encyclopedia of Saints |date=2001 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-3026-2 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABkgU0GOBbcC&pg=PA212 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Li Feng (Cao Wei)|Li Feng]] (or Anguo), Chinese official and politician
* [[Tiberius Julius Pharsanzes]], Roman client king
* [[Xiahou Xuan]] (or Taichu), Chinese general and politician (b. [[209]])
* [[Zhang Ni]] (or Boqi), Chinese general, official and politician

== References ==
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