272
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This article is about the year 272. For other uses, see 272 (number).
| 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 | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 272 CCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1025 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1572 – -1571 |
| Buddhist calendar | 816 |
| Chinese calendar | 2908/2968-11-14 (辛卯年十一月十四日) — to —
2909/2969-11-24(壬辰年十一月廿四日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 264 – 265 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4032 – 4033 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 327 – 328 |
| - 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 | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 932 (皇紀932年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10272 |
| Julian calendar | 317 |
| Korean calendar | 2605 |
| Thai solar calendar | 815 |
[edit] Events
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[edit] Roman Empire
- Emperor Aurelian reconquers the kingdom of Palmyra, composed of Syria, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor, forcing queen Zenobia to flee to Parthia.
- During the Siege of Tyana, Aurelian has a dream of Apollonius of Tyana and spares the city.
- Palmyra is destroyed after a revolt, and Egypt is forced to subject to Roman rule.
- Rome forms an alliance with the king of Aksum (Axum).
[edit] Asia
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[edit] Religion
- Dometius succeeds Titus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, and two of his disciples are beheaded near a hill outside of the city. The hill will later be called Montmartre, the Mountain of the Martyrs, in their honor.
- Paul of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Births
- February 27 - Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire (306)
- Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
