270s

The 270s decade ran from January 1, 270, to December 31, 279.

270

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By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Claudius II Gothicus fights a drawn-out campaign against the Gothic raiders in the Balkans, with setbacks suffered on both sides. Eventually, many Goths die of plague and others are absorbed into the Roman legions.
• Zenobia seizes control of Roman Arabia and Egypt.
• Claudius dies of plague in Sirmium while preparing to fight the Vandals and Sarmatians, who have invaded Pannonia. He is succeeded by his brother Quintillus, who briefly holds power over the Roman Empire.
• Victorinus besieges and sacks the city of Autun, which had declared allegiance to Claudius.
• Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (or Aurelian), the cavalry commander who distinguished himself in the previous year at the Battle of Naissus (Serbia), usurps power in Sirmium and marches against Quintillus in Aquileia. Quintillus commits suicide.
• Aurelius defeats an incursion by the Iuthungi into Raetia, defeating them as they attempted to re-cross the Danube.

Asia

• Fan Hsiung, aka Pham Hung, comes to power in Champa and raids the Chinese-occupied territory of Tonkin.
• Seocheon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.^[1]

Africa

• The Kingdom of Aksum (modern Ethiopia) begins minting its own gold coins to facilitate international trade, following the model of Roman coinage.
• Anthony the Great, a Christian saint from Egypt, regarded as "Father of All Monks", enters the wilderness to become ascetic.

Significant people

• Aurelian (Aurelianus)
• Claudius II Gothicus
• Quintillus
• Tacitus
• Florianus
• Probus

Births

Transcluding articles: 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279

270

• March 15 – Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) (d. 343)
• Liu Kun, Chinese general and poet (d. 318)
• Rabbah bar Nahmani, Babylonian 'amora
• Saint Spyridon, bishop of Trimythous (d. 348)

271

• Sima Wei, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 291)

272

• February 27 – Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (d. 337)
• Wei Shuo (or Mouyi), Chinese calligrapher (d. 349)

274

• Li Xiong, Chinese emperor of Cheng Han (d. 334)
• Shi Le, Chinese emperor of the Jie state (d. 333)

275

• Approximate date – Saint George of Lydda, Cappadocian Greek Roman soldier and Christian martyr (k. 303)

276

• Gregory the Elder, bishop of Nazianzus (approximate date)
• Guo Pu, Chinese historian, poet and writer (d. 324)
• Wang Dao, Chinese politician and statesman (d. 339)
• Yuan of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 323)

277

• Justus of Beauvais, Gallo-Roman martyr (approximate date)
• Sima Ai, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 304)^[7]
• Zhang Mao, Chinese ruler of Former Liang (d. 324)

278

• Sima Yu, Chinese crown prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 300)

279

• Sima Ying, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 306)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, and 279

270

• Claudius II (Gothicus), Roman emperor (b. 214)
• Gregory Thaumaturgus, Christian bishop and theologian
• Luo Xian (or Lingze), Chinese general and politician
• Plotinus, Greek philosopher and founder Neoplatonism
• Qiao Zhou (or Yunnan), Chinese official and politician
• Quintillus, Roman emperor and brother of Claudius II^[8]
• Shapur I (the Great), ruler of the Sassanid Empire
• Shi Ji (or Zhu Ji), Chinese general and governor
• Sun Fen, Chinese prince of the Eastern Wu state

271

• Ding Feng, Chinese general and politician
• Domitian II, emperor of the Gallic Empire
• Felicissimus, Roman financial minister (rationalis)
• Hormizd I (or Ohrmazd), ruler of the Sassanid Empire
• Liu Shan, Chinese emperor of the Shu Han state (b. 207)
• Pei Xiu, Chinese official, writer, geographer and cartographer (b. 224)
• Sima Wang, Chinese general and prince of the Jin dynasty (b. 205)
• Victorinus, emperor of the Gallic Empire

272

• Shapur I (the Great), king of the Sassanid Empire
• Sabbas Stratelates, Roman general and martyr
• Sima Fu, Chinese prince and statesman (b. 180)
• Wan Yu, Chinese chancellor and politician

273

• June 1 – Reverianus, Christian bishop
• Callinicus, Greek historian and sophist
• Cassius Longinus, Greek philosopher
• Dexippus, Greek general and historian
• Hormizd I, king of the Sassanid Empire
• Septimius Antiochus, Roman usurper
• Wei Zhao, Chinese historian and scholar (b. 204)

274

• March 2 – Mani, prophet and founder of Manichaeism (b. 216)
• June 19 – Xun Yi (or Jingqian), Chinese official and politician
• August 25 – Yang Yan (or Qiongzhi), Chinese empress (b. 238)
• August/September – Lu Kang (or Youjie), Chinese general and politician (b. 226)
• September – Bahram I, king of the Sassanid Empire
• December 30 – Felix I, bishop of Rome^[5]
• Cao Fang, deposed Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (b. 232)
• After 274 – Septimia Zenobia, queen of the Palmyrene Empire (b. 240)

275

• c. November – Aurelian, Roman emperor (b. 214 or 215)^[9]
• Peroz I Kushanshah, ruler of the Sasanian Kingdom
• Approximate date – Septimia Zenobia, queen of the Palmyrene Empire (b. c. 240)^[10]

276

• Bahram I, king of the Sassanid Empire
• Marcus Annius Florianus, Roman emperor
• Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman Emperor^[11]
• Tiberius Julius Synges, Roman client king

277

• Tuoba Liwei, chieftain of the Tuoba clan (China)

278

• December 27 – Yang Hu (or Shuzi), Chinese general and politician (b. 221)^[12]
• Cao Yu (or Pengzu), Chinese prince of the Cao Wei state (b. 211)
• Fu Xuan (or Xiuyi), Chinese historian, poet and politician (b. 217)
• Xi Zheng (or Lingxian), Chinese essayist, poet and politician
• Yang Huiyu, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. 214)

279

• Johanan bar Nappaha, Jewish compiler of the Talmud
• Tiberius Julius Teiranes, Roman prince and client king
• Tufa Shujineng, Chinese chieftain of Jin Dynasty

Notes

1. The Zizhi Tongjian recorded that the Jin dynasty launched the invasion of Eastern Wu in the 11th month of the 5th year of the Xianning era of Sima Yan's reign.^[6] This month corresponds to 21 December 279 to 18 January 280 in the Gregorian calendar.