260 year

Locally

Roman Empire

• Battle of Edessa : Emperor Valerian I was defeated by Persian forces under the command of Shapur I in Mesopotamia
• Valerian I arranges a meeting with Shapur I to negotiate a peace settlement , negotiations were disrupted and Valerian was captured, captured after the end of his days.
• Shapur I sends Valerian to Bishapur and uses surrendered legionnaires for engineering work. They are building the Bund-e Kaysar (Valerian Bridge).
• Gallienus becomes the only emperor of Rome , at the very beginning of his reign - the Pannonian governor Ingenui declared his legions August on the Danube . Gallienus from Gaul went down to Illyric , defeated by Murcia Ingenuy. Gallien killed Ingenuy and launched fierce terror against the Moesians . Many Moesians fled to the legate of Illyric Regalian and proclaimed him emperor.
• Gallien evacuates the fortifications ( Limes ) in the Decumatian fields ( Upper Germany ), covering the Black Forest in the face of the invasion of the Alemans .
• Gallien is gaining a foothold in Mediolan (modern Milan ), he is reorganizing the army supporting it with an elite cavalry and sending soldiers to the Rhine .
• Postum , a Roman usurper , creates the Gali empire and protects the Rhine from the invasion of Germanic tribes .
• Salonin , son of Gallien, is proclaimed August by his soldiers. Postum besieges Cologne , where Sylvan is sitting - the prefect of Praetorium and the Roman ruler of Gaul .
• Postumus executes Sylvanas and Salonin after the collapse of the walls of Cologne. He takes the title of emperor and makes his capital Trier .
• Postum wins in all provinces west of the Alps , including Gaul, Britain and Spain .
• The Roman fort near Wiesbaden ( Germany ) was taken by the Allemans (approximate date).
• Franks take control of the mouth of the Scheldt (approximate date).
• Consuls Publius Cornelius Secularis and Gaius Junius Donatus.
• Around 260 - Robber expeditions of the Herul along the shores of the Black and Aegean Seas.
• Gallien stops Valerian persecution of Christians - partially restoring their rights.

Asia

• The Persian king Shapur I destroys the besieged Caesarea of ​​Cappadocia in Asia Minor.
• Cao Huan replaces Cao Mao as ruler of the Wei kingdom.
• Syria , Egypt and Palestine leave the Roman Empire and form the Persian-supported Palmyra kingdom .
• 260—263 - Odenat , ruler of Palmyra , recaptured the territories he had conquered from Shapur in Asia Minor and Syria .

Africa

• The movement of local tribes in Numidia .

Subject

Arts and Sciences

• The earliest mention of chess .

Religion

• Pope Dionysius convenes a Synod in Rome to demand an explanation from Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria , who was charged with the division of the Trinity .
• Paul of Samosata becomes the Patriarch of Antioch .
• 260-298 - Bishop of Jerusalem Hymen .

• Hui Di , Emperor of the Jin Dynasty (approximate date)
• Galerius , Roman Emperor (died 311 )
• Agricius of Trier - Bishop of Trier from about 310 to 330 years.

• Cao Mao , ruler of the Wei kingdom of China (killed in a failed coup against Sima Zhao ) (born 241 )
• Chen Tai , Minister of the Kingdom of Wei
• Salonin , Roman emperor and son of Gallien
• Sun Liang , Emperor of the Chinese Kingdom of Wu (born 243 )
• Valerian I , Roman Emperor (approximate date)