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Year 255 (CCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Gallienus (or, less frequently, year 1008 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 255 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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Science

  • Ma Jun, a Chinese mechanical engineer from Cao Wei, invents the south-pointing chariot, a path-finding directional compass vehicle that uses a differential gear, not magnetics.

    • Births

  • Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop and martyr (d. 362)
  • Zhang Gui, governor of Liang province and first Duke of Xiping (d. 314)

    • Deaths

  • March – Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi, older brother of Sima Zhao and general of Wei (b. 208)
  • Fu Jia, official of Cao Wei (b. 209)
  • Guanqiu Jian, general of the Kingdom of Wei
  • Guo Huai, general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 187)
  • Zou Jing, colonel of Liu Bei

    • References

    255 Wikipedia
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