247

This article is about the year 247. For the number, see 247 (number). For the day/week abbreviation, see 24/7.

Year 247 (CCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 1000 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 247 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

247 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	247 CCXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1000
Assyrian calendar	4997
Balinese saka calendar	168–169
Bengali calendar	−347 – −346
Berber calendar	1197
Buddhist calendar	791
Burmese calendar	−391
Byzantine calendar	5755–5756
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2944 or 2737     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2945 or 2738
Coptic calendar	−37 – −36
Discordian calendar	1413
Ethiopian calendar	239–240
Hebrew calendar	4007–4008
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	303–304
- Shaka Samvat	168–169
- Kali Yuga	3347–3348
Holocene calendar	10247
Iranian calendar	375 BP – 374 BP
Islamic calendar	387 BH – 386 BH
Javanese calendar	125–126
Julian calendar	247 CCXLVII
Korean calendar	2580
Minguo calendar	1665 before ROC 民前1665年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1221
Seleucid era	558/559 AG
Thai solar calendar	789–790
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Tiger) 373 or −8 or −780     — to — མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Fire-Hare) 374 or −7 or −779

Sestertius minted in 247 by Philip the Arab to celebrate Dacia province and its legions, V Macedonica and XIII Gemina. Note the eagle and the lion, V's and XIII's symbols, in the reverse.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Rome becomes 1,000 years old. The 1,000th anniversary is commemorated with the Ludi Saeculares festivals, celebrated throughout the Roman Empire.
• Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus and his 10-year-old son Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar become Roman Consuls.
• The Goths appear on the lower Danube frontier; they invade Ukraine and Romania.
• Emperor Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome by holding the Ludi Saeculares.
• The last of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.

Asia

• Himiko of Yamataikoku, in Japan, begins a war against King Himikoku of Kunukoku.^[1]
• Cheomhae becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Silla.^[2]

Births

• Pan Yue, Chinese poet and writer of the Jin Dynasty (d. 300)^[3]
• Prisca, Roman empress and wife of Diocletian (d. 315)

Deaths

• Abba Arikha, Babylonian Jewish scholar and rabbi (b. 175)
• Bu Zhi (or Zishan), Chinese general, official and statesman^[4]
• Xiang Lang (or Juda), Chinese general, official and politician
• Zhang Chunhua, wife of Sima Yi, regent of the Cao Wei state (b. 189)