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Years: 254 255 256 257 - 258 - 259 260 261 262

Decades: 220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s

Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century

Events

• Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu
• The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon
• Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire
• Nanjing University first founded in Nanjing, China

Births

• Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date)

Deaths

• August 6 - Pope Sixtus II
• August 10 - Saint Lawrence
• September 14 - Cyprian, early Christian writer
• Novatian, antipope
• Zhuge Dan, relative of Zhuge Liang who rebelled against the Wei Kingdom