253

Year 253 (CCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Period of the Thirty Tyrants in the Roman empire. 
 Aemilianus is called "enemy of the State" by the Roman Senate. 
 Aemilianus rules for 3 months the Roman Empire.  He promises to fight in Thrace and goes to war against Persia. The Senate gives him the rank of Pontifex Maximus. 
 Aemilianus is murdered at Spoletium. Publius Valerianus made new emperor by the Rhine legions. 
 Valerianus I splits the Roman Empire in two.
 Battle of Barbalissos: King Shapur I, defeats the Roman army (70,000 men) under Valerianus I at Barbalissos in Syria.

 By topic 
 Religion 
 Pope Cornelius is sent into exile.
 June 25 – Pope Lucius I succeeds Pope Cornelius as the 22nd pope.
 Lucius is arrested almost immediately after his election and also exiled.

 Births 

 Deaths 
 Pope Cornelius
 Aemilianus, Roman emperor
 Trebonianus Gallus, Roman emperor
 Volusianus, Roman emperor
 Saint Babylas, Patriarch of Antioch
 Fei Yi, general-in-chief of the Shu Kingdom
 Zhuge Ke, son of Zhuge Jin, nephew of Zhuge Liang, officer of the Wu Kingdom (b. 203) 
 Sun He, son of Sun Quan
 Ehe Shaoge, a general of Qiang

 References 

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