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Roman Empire
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December 25 — Roman emperorAurelian has a temple dedicated toSol Invictus on the third day after thesolstice and day of rebirth of the Sun. This religion, which is in essence monotheistic, becomes the state religion of Rome.
*TheGallic Empire (Gaul and Britain) is reconquered by Aurelian. With the conquests of the Palmyran Empire (272) and the Gallic Empire, theRoman Empire is united again.
* Aurelian issues an important reform ofRoman currency .
*Germanic Peoples take advantage of the destroyed Roman armies of theRhine . They pillage and depopulate large areas ofGaul , includingParis . The Rhine border is lost for 20 years.Franks live in the area of present southernNetherlands , northernBelgium andRhineland from now on.Asia
*The kingdom of
Aksum attains great prosperity thanks to its control ofRed Sea trade.Births
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Li Xiong , first emperor ofCheng Han
*Shi Le Deaths
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Pope Felix I
*Cao Fang , emperor of theKingdom of Wei
*Lu Kang , general of Wu
*Empress Yang Yan
*Zenobia , former queen ofPalmyra
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