270

This article is about the year 270. For the number, see 270 (number). For other uses, see 270 (disambiguation).

Year 270 (CCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antiochianus and Orfitus (or, less frequently, year 1023 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 270 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	250s 260s 270s 280s 290s
Years:	267 268 269 270 271 272 273

270 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	270 CCLXX
Ab urbe condita	1023
Assyrian calendar	5020
Balinese saka calendar	191–192
Bengali calendar	−323
Berber calendar	1220
Buddhist calendar	814
Burmese calendar	−368
Byzantine calendar	5778–5779
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth Ox) 2967 or 2760     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2968 or 2761
Coptic calendar	−14 – −13
Discordian calendar	1436
Ethiopian calendar	262–263
Hebrew calendar	4030–4031
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	326–327
- Shaka Samvat	191–192
- Kali Yuga	3370–3371
Holocene calendar	10270
Iranian calendar	352 BP – 351 BP
Islamic calendar	363 BH – 362 BH
Javanese calendar	149–150
Julian calendar	270 CCLXX
Korean calendar	2603
Minguo calendar	1642 before ROC 民前1642年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1198
Seleucid era	581/582 AG
Thai solar calendar	812–813
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 396 or 15 or −757     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 397 or 16 or −756

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Claudius II Gothicus fights a drawn-out campaign against the Gothic raiders in the Balkans, with setbacks suffered on both sides. Eventually, many Goths die of plague and others are absorbed into the Roman legions.
• Zenobia seizes control of Roman Arabia and Egypt.
• Claudius dies of plague in Sirmium while preparing to fight the Vandals and Sarmatians, who have invaded Pannonia. He is succeeded by his brother Quintillus, who briefly holds power over the Roman Empire.
• Victorinus besieges and sacks the city of Autun, which had declared allegiance to Claudius.
• Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (or Aurelian), the cavalry commander who distinguished himself in the previous year at the Battle of Naissus (Serbia), usurps power in Sirmium and marches against Quintillus in Aquileia. Quintillus commits suicide.
• Aurelius defeats an incursion by the Iuthungi into Raetia, defeating them as they attempted to re-cross the Danube.

Asia

• Fan Hsiung, aka Pham Hung, comes to power in Champa and raids the Chinese-occupied territory of Tonkin.
• Seocheon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Africa

• The Kingdom of Aksum (modern Ethiopia) begins minting its own gold coins to facilitate international trade, following the model of Roman coinage.
• Anthony the Great, a Christian saint from Egypt, regarded as "Father of All Monks", enters the wilderness to become ascetic.

Births

• March 15 – Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) (d. 343)
• Liu Kun, Chinese general and poet (d. 318)
• Rabbah bar Nahmani, Babylonian 'amora
• Saint Spyridon, bishop of Trimythous (d. 348)

Deaths

• Claudius II (Gothicus), Roman emperor (b. 214)
• Gregory Thaumaturgus, Christian bishop and theologian
• Luo Xian (or Lingze), Chinese general and politician
• Plotinus, Greek philosopher and founder Neoplatonism
• Qiao Zhou (or Yunnan), Chinese official and politician
• Quintillus, Roman emperor and brother of Claudius II
• Shapur I (the Great), ruler of the Sassanid Empire
• Shi Ji (or Zhu Ji), Chinese general and governor
• Sun Fen, Chinese prince of the Eastern Wu state