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Year 247 (CCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 1000 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 247 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

  • Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus and his 10-year-old son Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar become Roman Consuls.
  • The Goths appear on the lower Danube frontier; they invade the Ukraine and Romania.
  • Emperor Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome by holding the Ludi Saeculares.
  • The last of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.

    • Asia

  • Himiko of Yamataikoku, in Japan, begins a war against Himikoko, the King of Kunukoku.

    • Deaths

  • Zhang Chunhua, wife of Sima Yi, mother of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao (b. 189)
  • Xiang Lang, minister of Shu
  • Bu Zhi, scholar of the Kingdom of Wu

    • References

    247 Wikipedia
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