272
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This article is about the year 272. For the number (and other uses), see 272 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 240s 250s 260s – 270s – 280s 290s 300s |
| Years: | 269 270 271 – 272 – 273 274 275 |
| 272 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 272 CCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1025 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5022 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1572–-1571 |
| Bengali calendar | -321 |
| Berber calendar | 1222 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 816 |
| Burmese calendar | -366 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5780–5781 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年十一月十四日 (2908/2968-11-14) — to —
壬辰年十一月廿四日(2909/2969-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | -12–-11 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 264–265 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4032–4033 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 328–329 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 194–195 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3373–3374 |
| Holocene calendar | 10272 |
| Iranian calendar | 350 BP – 349 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 361 BH – 360 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2605 |
| Minguo calendar | 1640 before ROC 民前1640年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 815 |
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Year 272 (CCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Postumius and Veldumnianus (or, less frequently, year 1025 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 272 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.
[edit] Events
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[edit] Roman Empire
- Emperor Aurelian sends his commander Marcus Aurelius Probus to restore Roman rule in Egypt.
- Battle of Immae: Aurelian defeats the forces of the Palmyrene Empire near Antioch. Queen Zenobia flees under cover of darkness to Emesa (Syria).
- During the Siege of Tyana, Emperor Aurelian has a dream of Apollonius of Tyana and spares the city.
- Battle of Emesa: Aurelian destroys the Palmyrene heavy cavalry (clibanarii) and conquers Palmyra. Zenobia escapes to Persia but is captured on the Euphrates.
- Aurelian lays siege to Palmyra after a revolt, he restores Roman control and sacks the city. Zenobia and her son Vabalathus are forced to parade in golden chains through the streets of Rome.
- Rome forms an alliance with the king of Aksum (Axum).
[edit] Persia
- King Shapur I of Persia dies after a reign of more than 30 years, he is succeeded by his eldest son Hormizd I.
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[edit] Religion
- Dometius succeeds Titus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Saint Denis, first Bishop of Paris, and two of his disciples are beheaded on the road to the Temple of Mercury that stands atop a hill outside of the city. The hill will later be called Montmartre (Mountain of Martyrs) in Lutetia (modern Paris).
- Paul of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Births
- February 27 – Constantine the Great, first Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire (d. 337)
- Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (d. 349)
- Saint Januarius, Bishop of Naples and saint
[edit] Deaths
- Saint Denis, first Bishop of Paris and saint
- Shapur I, king of Persia
- Liu Qubei, Right Prince of the Southern Xiongnu
- Sima Fu, younger brother of Sima Yi (b. 182)
