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Events

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Roman Empire

* Emperor Aurelian reconquers the kingdom of Palmyra, composed of Syria, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor, forcing Queen Zenobia to flee to Parthia.
* During the Siege of Tyana, Aurelian has a dream of Apollonius of Tyana and spares the city.
* Palmyra is destroyed after a revolt, and Egypt is forced to submit to Roman rule.
* Rome forms an alliance with the king of Aksum (Axum).

Asia

* Sassanid Shah Hormizd I succeeds Shapur I.

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Religion

* Dometius succeeds Patriarch Titus|Titus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
* Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, and two of his disciples are beheaded near a hill outside of the city. The hill will later be called Montmartre, the Mountain of the Martyrs, in their honor.
* Paul of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch.

Births

* February 27 — Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire (306)
* Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
* St. Januarius, Patron saint of Naples

Deaths

* Saint Denis
* Shapur I
* Liu Qubei, Right Prince of the Southern Xiongnu
* Sima Fu, younger brother of Sima Yi