- 230
__NOTOC__
Events
By Place
Roman Empire
* Taxes are increased in order to maintain the unity and defense of the Empire.
*Severus Alexander decides thatThessaly should be a separate province from Macedonia.Asia
*
Ardashir I of Persia invades the Roman province of Mesopotamia.Roman emperor Alexander goes east to fight off the Persians.By Topic
Religion
*
July 21 —Pope Pontian succeedsPope Urban I as the eighteenthpope .
*Patriarch Castinus succeeds Patriarch Ciriacus I asPatriarch of Constantinople .
* Seventy Bishops hold the Council of theChristian Church ofAfrica .Births
*
Zenobia , queen ofPalmyra
* Marcus Aurelius Carus,Roman Emperor (d.283 )
* Deng Zhong, son ofDeng Ai (d.264 )
*Cao Xun Deaths
*
Urban I
*Naehae of Silla
*Dio Cassius (approximate date)
*Empress Dowager Bian ,Cao Cao 's wife
*Jia Kui , general of theHan Dynasty (b.174 )
*Wu Zhi , adviser underCao Pi of the Kingdom of Wei
*Zhong Yao , minister of the Kingdom of Wei (b.151 )
* Zhang Yi, officer of theKingdom of Shu (b.167 )
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.