Encyclopedia > 259

Article Content

259

Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century

Decades: 200s 210s 220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s 290s 300s

Years: 253 254 256 257 258 - 259 - 260 261 262 263 264

Events

Postumus revolts against Gallienus, in Gaul. The western provinces of Britain and Spain, join his independent realm—which is called in modern times the Gallic Empire.
Pope Dionysius elected to office.
Roman fort of Wiesbaden (Germany) captured by the Alamanni (possibly 260)

Births

Deaths

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Reformed churches

... the effect of which was to establish regions in which Protestants could live unmolested. These areas became centers of political resistance under which the Reformed ...