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Year 242 (CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gratus and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 995 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 242 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Empire

  • Emperor Gordian III begins a campaign against king Shapur I; the Greek philosopher Plotinus joins him and hopes to obtain first-hand knowledge of Persian and Indian philosophies.
  • Gordian III evacuates the Cimmerian cities in the Bosphorus (Crimea), as the territory is now controlled by the Goths.

    • Persia

  • Shapur I makes a pre-emptive attack on Antioch to drive out the Romans. Gordian's father-in-law, Timesitheus, leads a Roman army to defeat the Persians at Carrhae and Nisibis.

    • Religion

  • Patriarch Titus succeeds Patriarch Eugenius I as Patriarch of Constantinople.

    • Births

  • Saloninus, Roman Emperor (d. 260)
  • Sun Hao, last emperor of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 284)

    • Deaths

  • Ardashir I, ruler of the Sassanid Empire (b. 180)
  • Man Chong, adviser to the Kingdom of Wei

    • References

    242 Wikipedia
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