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Events

By Place

Roman Empire

*December 25 — Roman emperor Aurelian has a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus on the third day after the solstice and day of rebirth of the Sun. This religion, which is in essence monotheistic, becomes the state religion of Rome.
*The Gallic Empire (Gaul and Britain) is reconquered by Aurelian. With the conquests of the Palmyran Empire (272) and the Gallic Empire, the Roman Empire is united again.
* Aurelian issues an important reform of Roman currency.
*Germanic Peoples take advantage of the destroyed Roman armies of the Rhine. They pillage and depopulate large areas of Gaul, including Paris. The Rhine border is lost for 20 years. Franks live in the area of present southern Netherlands, northern Belgium and Rhineland from now on.

Asia

*The kingdom of Aksum attains great prosperity thanks to its control of Red Sea trade.

Births

*Li Xiong, first emperor of Cheng Han
*Shi Le

Deaths

*Pope Felix I
*Cao Fang, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei
*Lu Kang, general of Wu
*Empress Yang Yan
*Zenobia, former queen of Palmyra