Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century
Decades: 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s - 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s
Years: 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259
250s - Events.
Crisis of the Third Century
End of Yayoi era and beginning of Kofun era, the first part of the Yamato period in Japan.
Martyrdom of St. Denis.
250s - Significant people.
Cniva, King of the Goths
Decius, R ...
By the 280s, a huge number (approximately 400,000) of Xiongnu herdsmen resided in the Ordos Desert and the Bing province, a political division including modern-day areas of the whole Shanxi province, southwestern part of Inner Mongolia and eastern part of Shaanxi province, after Cao Cao moved them there and split them into "five departments" (五部, pinyin Wǔbù) These Xiongnu seemed to substantially chang ...
Yuanxi (元熙 yuán xī) 304-308
Yongfeng (永鳳 yǒng fèng) 308-309
Guangxing (光興 guāng xīng) 310-311
Jiaping (嘉平 jiā pīng) 311-315
Jianyuan (建元 jiàn yuán) 315-316
Linjia (麟嘉 lín jiā) 316-318
Note: Liu Xi was Liu Yao's crown prince who was thrusted into the leadership role when Liu Yao was captured by Later Zhao's em ...
