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EVENTS

Roman Empire

--- Roman Emperor Aurelian reconquers the kingdom of Palmyra ( Syria , Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor ), forcing queen Zenobia to flee to Parthia .

---During the Siege of Tyana , Aurelian has a dream (vision?) of Apollonius Of Tyana and spares the city.

---Palmyra is destroyed after a revolt, and Egypt is forced to subject to Roman rule.

---Rome forms an alliance with the king of Aksum ( Axum ).

Asia

--- Sassanid Shah Hormizd I succeeds Shapur I .

Religion

--- Dometius succeeds Titus as Patriarch Of Constantinople .

---Saint Denis , the first Bishop Of Paris , and two of his disciples are beheaded near a hill outside of the city. The hill will later be called Montmartre , the Mountain of the Martyrs, in their honor.

--- Paul Of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch Of Antioch .

BIRTHS

Constantine The Great , the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire ( 306 )

Wei Shuo , Calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

DEATHS

Saint Denis

Shapur I .