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[[File:Postumus antoninianus.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Postumus]] (r. 260–269)]]
Year '''269''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Paternus'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weigel |first1=Richard D. |title=Claudius II Gothicus (268-270) |url=https://roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu/claudgot.htm |website=De Imperatoribus Romanis |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> (or, less frequently, '''year 1022 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 269 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 ====
* 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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== Births ==
* [[Chi Jian]] (or '''Daohui'''), Chinese general (d. [[339]])
* [[Murong Hui]], Chinese general and politician (d. [[333]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Empress Jingū|Jingū]], Japanese empress and [[regent]] (b. [[169]])
* [[Justin the Confessor]], Christian priest and martyr
* [[Liu Yin (Shu Han)|Liu Yin]] (or '''Xiuran'''), Chinese general and administrator
* [[Lu Kai]] (or '''Jingfeng'''), Chinese general and politician (b. [[198]])
* [[Marcus Aurelius Marius]], Gallic general and emperor
* [[Postumus|Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus]], Gallic emperor
* [[Laelianus|Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus]], Gallic emperor and [[usurper]]
* [[Wang Xiang]] (or '''Xiuzheng'''), Chinese politician (b. [[185]])
* [[Xin Xianying]], Chinese noblewoman and advisor (b. [[191]])

== References ==
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