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The 258 (two hundred and fifty-eighth) year according to the Julian calendar is a non-leap year starting on Friday . This is 258 year of our era , 258 year of the 1st millennium , 58 year of the III century , 8 year of the 6th decade of the III century, 9 year of the 250s .
Content
Events
Locally
Roman Empire
- Goths ruin Asia Minor and Trabzon .
- The silver content in Roman coins , denarius drops below 10%. The crisis deprives the income of many artisans , craftsmen and small farmers . They are forced to switch to barter , landowners are getting richer, buying up cheap land.
- Valerian II , Gallien 's eldest son dies. Perhaps he was assassinated by the governor of Pannonia Ingenuy , the emperor Valerian I assigns the title of Caesar to the other son of Gallienus.
- The Second Imperial Edict forbids Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into 4 categories: Priests subject to death; senators and horsemen who were subject to deprivation of title and confiscation of property; Monks to be exiled; and imperial civil servants subject to forced labor.
- Around 258 - Aurelian , commander of the 6th Gallic Legion, inflicted a strong defeat on the Franks near Mogontiac .
- Consuls Mark Nummy Tusk and Mummy Bass .
- Martyrdom of St. Cyprian , St. Dionysius and the Antipope Novatian .
Asia
- Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu .
Subject
Religion
- Cyprian of Carthage , Bishop of Carthage , tortured ( Decapitation ).
- Pope Sixtus II is tortured.
Education
- Nanjing University is based in Nanjing , China .
Died
- August 6 - Pope Sixtus II
- August 10 - Laurentius of Rome
- September 14 - Cyprian of Carthage , an early Christian writer.
- Novatian , antipope
- Sun Chen , Regent of the Kingdom of Wu
- Valerian II , son of the co-ruler of Gallien
- Zhuge Dan , a relative and cousin of Zhuge Liang , who rebelled against the kingdom of Wei
See also
► 258 year