270

Year 270 (CCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Emperor Claudius II Gothicus dies.  He is succeeded by his brother Quintillus.
 Quintillus commits suicide.  He is succeeded by Lucius Domitius Aurelianus.
 Aurelianus pushes the Goths back across the Danube and recovers Roman land.
 The Romans leave Utrecht because the Germanic tribes keep fighting.
 Crisis of the Third Century: An economic crisis starts in the Roman empire. 

 By topic 
 Technology 
 The Chinese invent gunpowder. At first, it appears to be used only for fireworks.

 Births 
 November 20 – Maximinus II, Roman Emperor
 Nicholas of Myra (Santa Claus) (d. 343)
 Rabbah bar Nahmani, Babylonian 'amora
 Saint Spyridon, bishop of Trimythous (d. 348)

 Deaths 
 St. Valentine (executed by Claudius II) (Possible year)
 Claudius II, Roman Emperor (b. 213)
 Quintillus, Roman emperor
 Plotinus, father of Neo-Platonism (b. c. 205) (approximate date)
 Jingu of Japan, possibly legendary empress of Japan
 Luo Xian, general of the Kingdom of Shu 
 Qiao Zhou, minister of the Kingdom of Shu (b. 201)

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