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Year 257 (CCLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (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 1010 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 257 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

  • Gallienus enters into a joint consulship with his father Valerianus I, having brought some order to the Danube area.
  • Future emperor Aurelian defeats the Goths and brings many prisoners back to Rome.
  • In Bavaria the Limes Germanicus (Upper Raetian Limes) along the river Iller is abandoned by the Romans.
  • Valerian, under guardianship of Ingenuus, is established at Sirmium (Pannonia) to represent the Roman government in the troubled Illyrian provinces.
  • Emperor Valerian recovers Antioch in Syria from the Persian king Shapur I.
  • The Goths build a fleet on the Black Sea.
  • The Goths separate into the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths.

    • Religion

  • August 30 – Pope Sixtus II succeeds Pope Stephen I as the 24th pope.
  • Valerian's persecution of Christians begins: his edict orders bishops and priests to sacrifice according to the pagan rituals, and prohibits Christians, under penalty of death, from meeting at the tombs of their deceased.

    • Births

  • Gregory the Illuminator, founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church (approximate date)
  • Jia Nanfeng, empress and wife of Jin Huidi (d. 300)

    • Deaths

  • August 2 – Pope Stephen I
  • Zhu Yi, general of Kingdom of Wu
  • Wen Qin, general of Kingdom of Wu
  • Yue Lin, general of Kingdom of Wei

    • References

    257 Wikipedia
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