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Year '''258''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Tuscus and Bassus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1011 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 258 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 ====
* The [[Goths]] ravage [[Asia Minor]] and [[Trabzon|Trapezus]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* The amount of [[silver]] in the [[Roman currency]] of the [[denarius]] falls below 10%. The [[Crisis of the Third Century|crisis]] ruins [[Artisan|craftsmen]], [[tradesmen]], and small [[farmer]]s, who are forced into [[barter]]ing; landowners grow richer by buying up cheap land.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* [[Valerian II]], eldest son of [[Gallienus]], dies, possibly murdered by [[Pannonia|Pannonia's]] governor [[Ingenuus]]; Emperor [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]] bestows on another one of Gallienus's sons, [[Saloninus]], the title of ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]''.<ref>Vagi, David L. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=raE7qzBM-OIC&pg=PA357 Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, C. 82 B.C.--A.D. 480: History]''. Germany, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000. 357.</ref>
* A second Imperial [[edict]] prohibits [[Christianity]] in the Roman Empire.  This edict divides Christians into four categories: [[priest]]s, who are to be put to death; senators and [[equestrian order|equestrians]], who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; [[nun]]s, who are to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

==== Asia ====
* [[Sima Zhao]] quells [[Zhuge Dan]]'s rebellion, thereby also ending what are known as the [[Three Rebellions in Shouchun]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* [[Sun Xiu]] succeeds his brother [[Sun Liang]] as emperor of the Chinese state of [[Eastern Wu]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Cyprian]], bishop of [[Archdiocese of Carthage|Carthage]], is martyred ([[decapitation]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Cyprian {{!}} Biography, Persecution, Martyrdom, Feast Day, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Cyprian-Christian-bishop |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Pope [[Sixtus II]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], is martyred.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-09 |title=St. Sixtus II {{!}} Biography, Papacy, Martyrdom, Feast Day, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Sixtus-II |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Clement of Ancyra]], Christian bishop and martyr (d. [[312]]){{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

== Deaths ==
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Pope Sixtus II|Sixtus II]], bishop of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Cyprian]], bishop of [[Archdiocese of Carthage|Carthage]]
* [[Anak the Parthian]], Parthian nobleman
* [[Chen Zhi (Three Kingdoms)|Chen Zhi]] (or '''Fengzong'''), Chinese politician
* [[Novatian]], Italian antipope and theologian
* [[Valerian II]], son of co-emperor [[Gallienus]]
* [[Zhuge Dan]] (or '''Gongxiu'''), Chinese general

== References ==
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