250s

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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 2nd century3rd century4th century
Decades: 220s 230s 240s250s260s 270s 280s
Years: 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259
Categories: BirthsDeaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments

This is a list of events occurring in the 250s, ordered by year.

250

By place

Roman Empire

Africa

Asia

  • The Kofun Period begins in Japan.
  • The Kushan Empire collapses.
  • The earliest Chinese references to a device known as "emperor's south-pointing carriage" date to this period.

America

By topic

Arts and sciences

  • Diophantus writes Arithmetica, the first systematic treatise on algebra.
  • Family Group, traditionally called the Family of Vunnerius Keramus, is made. It was later placed in Brescia Cross. It is now kept at Museo Civico dell'Etá Cristiana, Brescia (approximate date).
  • Battle between the Romans and the Barbarians, detail of the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, found near Rome, is made. It is now kept at Museo Nazionale Romano (approximate date).

Religion

251

By place

Roman Empire

Persia

By topic

Religion

252

By place

Roman Empire

Persia

Asia

By topic

Religion

253

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Religion

254

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Religion

255

By topic

Science

256

By place

Roman Empire

China

  • Peace and unity are finally restored in China with the victories of the Wei Kingdom in the north. The ruling dynasty is worn out by war, and the kingdom is ruled by ministers on their behalf.

By topic

Medicine

Religion

257

By place

Roman Empire

By topic

Religion

  • August 30Pope Sixtus II succeeds Pope Stephen I as the 24th pope.
  • Valerian's persecution of Christians begins: his edict orders bishops and priests to sacrifice according to the pagan rituals, and prohibits Christians, under penalty of death, from meeting at the tombs of their deceased.

258

By place

Roman Empire

Asia

By topic

Religion

Education

259

By place

Roman Empire

Persia

By topic

Religion


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