250
Year 250 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Gratus. The denomination 250 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
Arts and sciences
- Diophantus writes Arithmetica, the first systematic treatise on algebra.
- Approximate date
- * The family portrait medallion, traditionally called the Family of Vunnerius Keramus, is made.
- * The Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus, depicting battle between the Romans and the Barbarians, is made for use in Rome.
- * The Igel Column is erected at Trier in Germany.
Religion
- January 3 - Decian persecution of Christians is initiated when Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire to perform a sacrifice to the gods of religion in ancient Rome. On January 20, Pope Fabian becomes one of the first martyrs of this persecution.
- Possible date - Denis, a bishop of Paris, is martyred by beheading.
Births
- March 31 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor
- Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus, Roman Emperor
- Maximian, Roman Emperor
- Zuo Si, Chinese writer and poet of the Jin dynasty
Deaths
- January 20 - Pope Fabian
- December 4 - Saint Mercurius, Christian martyr
- Zhu Ju, Chinese general and chancellor of the Eastern Wu state, suicide
- Approximate date
- * Ambrose of Alexandria, Christian writer
- * Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise, Christian martyrs
- * Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana Buddhism
