245

This article is about the year 245. For the number, see 245 (number). For other uses, see 245 (disambiguation).

Year 245 (CCXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Titianus (or, less frequently, year 998 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 245 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:	220s 230s 240s 250s 260s
Years:	242 243 244 245 246 247 248

245 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	245 CCXLV
Ab urbe condita	998
Assyrian calendar	4995
Balinese saka calendar	166–167
Bengali calendar	−348
Berber calendar	1195
Buddhist calendar	789
Burmese calendar	−393
Byzantine calendar	5753–5754
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2942 or 2735     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2943 or 2736
Coptic calendar	−39 – −38
Discordian calendar	1411
Ethiopian calendar	237–238
Hebrew calendar	4005–4006
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	301–302
- Shaka Samvat	166–167
- Kali Yuga	3345–3346
Holocene calendar	10245
Iranian calendar	377 BP – 376 BP
Islamic calendar	389 BH – 388 BH
Javanese calendar	123–124
Julian calendar	245 CCXLV
Korean calendar	2578
Minguo calendar	1667 before ROC 民前1667年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1223
Seleucid era	556/557 AG
Thai solar calendar	787–788
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 371 or −10 or −782     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 372 or −9 or −781

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Philip the Arab entrusts Trajan Decius with an important command on the Danube.
• In Britain, many thousands of acres of modern-day Lincolnshire are inundated by a great flood.
• The philosopher Plotinus goes to live in Rome.

Asia

• Lady Triệu, a Vietnamese warrior, begins her 3-year resistance against the invading Chinese.

Births

• Iamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (approximate date)
• Diocletian, Roman emperor

Deaths

• Ammonius Saccas, Alexandrian-Greek philosopher (approximate date)
• Lu Xun (or Boyan), Chinese general and statesman (b. 183)
• Wu (or Wu Xian), Chinese empress of the Shu Han state
• Wu Can (or Kongxiu), Chinese official and politician
• Zhao Yan (or Boran), Chinese official and general (b. 171)
• Zhang Xiu (or Shusi), Chinese general and statesman (b. 205)