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EVENTS

Roman Empire

---Presure on Rome by Goth s, Quadi , Parthian s, Franks and Alemanni increases. Following a defeat by the Germans, Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea , are massacred near Mainz (Mongontiacum) by his soldiers.

--- Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor . Having a Gothic father and an Alan mother, he is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne. His accession led to the Crisis Of The Third Century .

Religion

---A number of church leaders, among which Pope Pontian and Hippolytus , are exiled to Sardinia .

--- September 28 - Pope Pontian resigned.

--- November 21 - Pope Anterus succeeds Pope Pontian .

--- Origen makes revisions to the Septuagint .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

Alexander Severus , Roman Emperor

Hippolytus , Christian writer

Pope Pontian