# 248

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This article is about the year 248. For the number, see [248 (number)](/source/248_(number)).    For other uses, see [248 (disambiguation)](/source/248_(disambiguation)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 2nd century 3rd century 4th century Decades 220s 230s 240s 250s 260s Years 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 v t e

248 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e

248 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 248 CCXLVIII Ab urbe condita 1001 Assyrian calendar 4998 Balinese saka calendar 169–170 Bengali calendar −346 – −345 Berber calendar 1198 Buddhist calendar 792 Burmese calendar −390 Byzantine calendar 5756–5757 Chinese calendar 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2945 or 2738 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2946 or 2739 Coptic calendar −36 – −35 Discordian calendar 1414 Ethiopian calendar 240–241 Hebrew calendar 4008–4009 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 304–305 - Shaka Samvat 169–170 - Kali Yuga 3348–3349 Holocene calendar 10248 Iranian calendar 374 BP – 373 BP Islamic calendar 386 BH – 384 BH Javanese calendar 126–127 Julian calendar 248 CCXLVIII Korean calendar 2581 Minguo calendar 1664 before ROC 民前1664年 Nanakshahi calendar −1220 Seleucid era 559/560 AG Thai solar calendar 790–791 Tibetan calendar མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Fire-Hare) 374 or −7 or −779 — to — ས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dragon) 375 or −6 or −778

Year **248** (**[CCXLVIII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [leap year starting on Saturday](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Saturday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Severus** (or, less frequently, **year 1001 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 248 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- The revolts of [Pacatianus](/source/Pacatianus) in [Moesia](/source/Moesia) and [Iotapianus](/source/Iotapianus) in [Syria](/source/Syria_(Roman_province)) are put down by Senator [Trajan Decius](/source/Decius), by order of Emperor [Philip the Arab](/source/Philip_the_Arab).

- The [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) continues the celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome), with the [*ludi saeculares*](/source/Secular_games), organized by Philip the Arab.

#### Asia

- [Jungcheon](/source/Jungcheon_of_Goguryeo) becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of [Goguryeo](/source/Goguryeo) (until [270](/source/270)).[1]

### By topic

#### Religion

- [Origen](/source/Origen) writes an eight-volume work, criticizing the [pagan](/source/Paganism) writer [Celsus](/source/Celsus).

## Births

- [Flavia Iulia Helena](/source/Helena%2C_mother_of_Constantine_I), Greco-Roman *Augusta* (empress), mother of Constantine I (approximate date) (d. [330](/source/330))

- [Li Liu](/source/Li_Liu_(Cheng_Han)) (Cheng Han or Xuantong), Chinese [Grand general](/source/Da_jiang) (d. [303](/source/303))

- [Sima You](/source/Sima_You) (or Dayou), Chinese prince and politician (d. [283](/source/283))

## Deaths

- [Dongcheon](/source/Dongcheon_of_Goguryeo), Korean ruler of [Goguryeo](/source/Goguryeo) (b. [209](/source/209))

- [Himiko](/source/Himiko) (or Shingi Waō), Japanese queen regnant (b. [170](/source/170))

- [Lady Triệu](/source/Lady_Tri%E1%BB%87u) (Triệu Ẩu or Triệu Thị Trinh), Vietnamese female warrior (b. [226](/source/226))

- [Wang Ping](/source/Wang_Ping_(Three_Kingdoms)), Chinese general and politician

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["List of Rulers of Korea"](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/koru/hd_koru.htm). *www.metmuseum.org*. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

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