236

Year 236 (CCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Verus and Africanus (or, less frequently, year 989 Ab urbe condita).^[1] The denomination 236 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 Maximinus Thrax and Marcus Pupienus Africanus Maximus become Roman consuls.
The Roman Senate appoints a twenty-man committee to co-ordinate operations against Maximinus.
Maximinus campaigns against Dacians and Sarmatians from his supply depot at Sirmium.

By topic

Religion

January 10–Pope Fabian succeeds Pope Anterus as the twentieth pope.
Fabian separates Rome into seven deaconships.
Fabian sends seven missionaries to Gaul to evangelize in the large cities.

Births

Wu of Jin (Sima Yan), Chinese emperor (d. 290)
Zhang Ti, Chinese official and chancellor (d. 280)
Zhou Chu, Chinese general and politician (d. 297)

Deaths

January 3–Anterus, bishop of Rome
July 4–Dong Zhao, Chinese official and politician (b. 156)
Zhang Zhao, Chinese general and politician (b. 156)^[2]

References

↑Cooley, Alison E. (September 13, 2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-57660-4.
↑Xiong, Victor Cunrui (April 6, 2017). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7616-1.

[1] Cooley, Alison E. (September 13, 2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-57660-4.

[2] Xiong, Victor Cunrui (April 6, 2017). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7616-1.

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