260s

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Decades: 230s 240s 250s260s270s 280s 290s
Years: 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269
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This is a list of events occurring in the 260s, ordered by year.

260

By place

Roman Empire

Asia

By topic

Arts and sciences

  • Earliest known date of chess.

Religion

261

By place

Roman Empire

Asia

  • Michu ascends the Silla throne, becoming the first king of the long Kim line.

262

By place

Roman Empire

263

By place

Roman Empire

Asia

By topic

Arts and sciences

264

By place

Asia

265

By place

Roman Empire

  • Emperor Gallienus tries twice to crush the usurper Postumus, but on the first occasion Aureolus, commander of the elite cavalry, carelessly lets him escape. The second time, Gallienus sustains an arrow wound and has to break off his siege of a Gallic town where Postumus has holed up. He makes no other serious attempt to overcome his rival, devotes his attention to the political and military problems in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
  • Postumus makes no move to march on Rome and claim his territory south of Gaul. Gallienus gives the order to fortify Milan and Verona.
  • Gallienus repels the invasion of the Goths in the Balkans. The general of Gallienus' army, Victorinus, defects to Postumus.

Asia

266

By place

Roman Empire

  • King Odaenathus of Palmyra invades Persia to conquer the capital Ctesiphon. After his victories in the East he pronouns himself with the title "king of kings".

Ireland

267

By place

Roman Empire

Near East

268

By place

Roman Empire

Europe

By Topic

Religion

269

By place

Roman Empire

Africa

By topic

Religion


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Diocletian (in archaeology)