265
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 265 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 265 CCLXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1018 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5015 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 186–187 |
| Bengali calendar | −328 |
| Berber calendar | 1215 |
| Buddhist calendar | 809 |
| Burmese calendar | −373 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5773–5774 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2962 or 2755 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2963 or 2756 |
| Coptic calendar | −19 – −18 |
| Discordian calendar | 1431 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 257–258 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4025–4026 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 321–322 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 186–187 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3365–3366 |
| Holocene calendar | 10265 |
| Iranian calendar | 357 BP – 356 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 368 BH – 367 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 144–145 |
| Julian calendar | 265 CCLXV |
| Korean calendar | 2598 |
| Minguo calendar | 1647 before ROC 民前1647年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1203 |
| Seleucid era | 576/577 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 807–808 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 391 or 10 or −762 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 392 or 11 or −761 |
Year 265 (CCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerianus and Lucillus (or, less frequently, year 1018 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 265 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Gallienus tries twice to crush the usurper Postumus, but on the first occasion Aureolus, commander of the elite cavalry, carelessly lets him escape. The second time, Gallienus sustains an arrow wound and has to break off his siege of a Gallic town where Postumus has holed up. He makes no other serious attempt to overcome his rival, devotes his attention to the political and military problems in the Danube and eastern parts of the Roman Empire.
- Postumus makes no move to march on Rome and claim his territory south of Gaul.
- Gallienus gives the order to fortify Milan and Verona.
- Gallienus repels the invasion of the Goths in the Balkans.
- A general of Gallienus' army, Victorinus, defects to Postumus.
Asia
- Three Kingdoms: Sima Yan forces emperor Cao Huan to abdicate the throne to him, ending the Kingdom of Wei in China.
- Jin Wudi becomes ruler of part of China, beginning the Jin Dynasty. He establishes his capital at Luoyang and gives princes of his uncles, cousins, brothers, and sons, independent military commands in the Chinese Empire.
Births
Deaths
- Ma Jun, Chinese engineer and inventor of the south-pointing chariot
- Empress Zhu, wife of Sun Xiu of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms
- Sima Zhao, son of Sima Yi, younger brother of Sima Shi and general of Wei (b. 211)