This article is about the year 258. For the number, see 258 (number). Calendar year
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| 258 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 258 CCLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1011 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5008 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 179–180 |
| Bengali calendar | −335 |
| Berber calendar | 1208 |
| Buddhist calendar | 802 |
| Burmese calendar | −380 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5766–5767 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2955 or 2748 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2956 or 2749 |
| Coptic calendar | −26 – −25 |
| Discordian calendar | 1424 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 250–251 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4018–4019 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 314–315 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 179–180 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3358–3359 |
| Holocene calendar | 10258 |
| Iranian calendar | 364 BP – 363 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 375 BH – 374 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 137–138 |
| Julian calendar | 258 CCLVIII |
| Korean calendar | 2591 |
| Minguo calendar | 1654 before ROC 民前1654年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1210 |
| Seleucid era | 569/570 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 800–801 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 384 or 3 or −769 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 385 or 4 or −768 |
Year 258 (CCLVIII) 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 Tuscus and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 1011 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 258 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.
Events
- There were no major events
By place
Roman Empire
- The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trapezus.
- The amount of silver in the Roman currency of the denarius falls below 10%. The crisis ruins craftsmen, tradesmen, and small farmers, who are forced into bartering; landowners grow richer by buying up cheap land.
- Valerian II, eldest son of Gallienus, dies, possibly murdered by Pannonia's governor Ingenuus; Emperor Valerian bestows on another one of Gallienus's sons, Saloninus, the title of Caesar.
- A second Imperial edict prohibits Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into four categories: priests, who are to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who are to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.
Asia
- Sima Zhao quells Zhuge Dan's rebellion, thereby also ending what are known as the Three Rebellions in Shouchun.
- Sun Xiu succeeds his brother Sun Liang as emperor of the Chinese state of Eastern Wu.
By topic
Religion
- Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, is martyred (decapitation).
- Pope Sixtus II, bishop of Rome, is martyred.
Births
- Clement of Ancyra, Christian bishop and martyr (d. 312)
Deaths
- August 6 – Sixtus II, bishop of Rome
- September 14 – Cyprian, bishop of Carthage
- Anak the Parthian, Parthian nobleman
- Chen Zhi (or Fengzong), Chinese politician
- Novatian, Italian antipope and theologian
- Valerian II, son of co-emperor Gallienus
- Zhuge Dan (or Gongxiu), Chinese general
References
- Vagi, David L. Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, C. 82 B.C.--A.D. 480: History. Germany, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000. 357.
- "St. Cyprian | Biography, Persecution, Martyrdom, Feast Day, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- "St. Sixtus II | Biography, Papacy, Martyrdom, Feast Day, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.