269 CE
Pope Felix I succeeds Dionysius as the 26th pope of Rome. Paul of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch (though he is not removed until 272). Queen Zenobia conquers Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, parts of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and Egypt, giving her control of Rome's grain supply. The library at Alexandria is partly burned during a raid by Zabdas, general of Zenobia.
Conflict & Security
- The Heruli capture Athens and raid the Aegean Islands as far as Crete and Rhodes.source
- Second Gothic invasion: The Goths and other German tribes attack Bosphorean towns on the coast of the Black Sea. Some 2,000 ships and 320,000 men from the Danube enter Roman territory. Emperor Claudius II defeats the invaders and receives the title Gothicus for his triumph. Many of the prisoners will serve in the Roman legions and settle in vacant lands in the Danubian provinces.source
- Queen Zenobia conquers Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, parts of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and Egypt, giving her control of Rome's grain supply. The library at Alexandria is partly burned during a raid by Zabdas, general of Zenobia.source
Exploration & Expansion
- Claudius II travels to Sirmium and prepares a war against the Vandals, who raid Pannonia.source
Religion & Belief
Crime & Justice
- Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus is killed by his own troops, after not allowing them to sack the city of Mogontiacum.source
Births
Deaths
- Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus, Gallic emperor and usurpersource
- Wang Xiang (or Xiuzheng), Chinese politician (b. 185)source
- Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus, Gallic emperorsource
- Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese general and politician (b. 198)source
- Liu Yin (or Xiuran), Chinese general and administratorsource
- Xin Xianying, Chinese noblewoman and advisor (b. 191)source
- Jingū, Japanese empress and regent (b. 169)source
- Marcus Aurelius Marius, Gallic general and emperorsource
- Justin the Confessor, Christian priest and martyrsource