242

Year 242 (CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Roman Empire 
 Emperor Gordian III begins fighting against King Shapur I. The Greek philosopher Plotinus joins him and hopes to get first-hand knowledge of Persian and Indian philosophies. 
 Gordian III leaves the Cimmerian cities in the Bosphorus (Crimea), as the land is now controlled by the Goths.

 Persia 
 Shapur I makes an attack on Antioch to drive out the Romans. 

 By topic 
 Religion 
 Patriarch Titus succeeds Patriarch Eugenius I as Patriarch of Constantinople.

 Births 
 Cao Mao, fourth emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (d. 260)
 Saloninus, Roman Emperor (d. 260)
 Sun Hao, last emperor of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 284)

 Deaths 
 Man Chong, adviser to the Kingdom of Wei
 Sun Shao, general of the Wu Kingdom (b. 188)

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