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| Thai solar calendar | 786–787 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 370 or −11 or −783 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 371 or −10 or −782 |
Year 244 (Armenius and Aemilianus (or, less frequently, year 997 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 244 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
- Around February 11 – Battle of Misiche: King Shapur I and his Iranian army defeats the Roman army.[1]
- February 11 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
- Sassanian Empire, withdrawing from their territory and giving Shapur 500,000 gold pieces. The Sassanians occupy Armenia.
- Philip the Arab is recognized by the (Syria) in the province of his birth.
- The vassal Upper Mesopotamian kingdom of Osroene is absorbed into the Roman Empire, its last ruler being Abgar (XI) Farhat Bar Ma’nu.
Asia
- Battle of Xingshi: Shu Han defeats the Chinese state of Cao Wei.
Korea
- The Goguryeo–Wei War is fought between the Korean kingdom Goguryeo and the Chinese state Cao Wei.
By topic
Art and Science
- disciples like Porphyry, Castricius Firmus and Eustochius of Alexandria.
- 244–249 – Bust of Philip the Arab (in Braccio Nuovo, Vatican Museums, Rome).
Commerce
- The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 0.5 percent under emperor Philippus I, down from 28 percent under Gordian III.
Religion
- 244–245 – Last phase of construction of the house-style Dura-Europos synagogue in Syria, one of the oldest to survive (wall-paintings in the National Museum of Damascus, Syria).
Births
- December 22 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (d. 311)
- Alexander of Constantinople, bishop of Byzantium (approximate date)
Deaths
- February 11 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
- Cao Xun, Chinese prince of the Cao Wei state (b. 231)
- Ge Xuan (or Xiaoxian), Chinese Taoist (b. 164)
- Zhang Cheng (or Zhongsi), Chinese general (b. 178)
References
- JSTOR 24048443. Retrieved February 9, 2024.