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Year 243 (CCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Arrianus and Papus (or, less frequently, year 996 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 243 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

• Battle of Resaena: A Roman army under Timesitheus defeats the Persians at Resaena (Syria), king Shapur I is forced to flee to the Euphrates.
• Timesitheus becomes ill and dies under suspicious circumstances. Shapur I retreats to Persia, giving up all the territories he conquered.
• Emperor Gordian III appoints Philip the Arab as his new praetorian prefect and proceeds with his campaign in Mesopotamia.
• Cohors I Ubiorum, the garrison at castra Capidava in Scythia Minor, was replaced by Cohors I Germanorum civium romanorum until the end of the 3rd century AD.

Births

• Sun Liang, emperor of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu (d. 260)

Deaths

• Gu Yong, minister of Wu (b. 168)
• Kan Ze, advisor of Wu
• Timesitheus, advisor and praetorian prefect (b. 190)

References