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| Years: 241 242 243 244 - 245 - 246 247 248 249 | |
| Decades: 210s 220s 230s - 240s - 250s 260s 270s | |
| Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century | |
Events
- Roman emperor Philip the Arabian entrusted future emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus with an important command on the Danube
Births
- Diocles, who would become the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
- Cao Huan, last emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (possible date)
Deaths
- Lu Yi, a general of the Kingdom of Wu (born in 183)
- Ammonius Saccas, Greek philosopher (possible date)