# 254

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This article is about the year 254. For the number, see [254 (number)](/source/254_(number)).

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 2nd century 3rd century 4th century Decades 230s 240s 250s 260s 270s Years 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 v t e

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

254 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 254 CCLIV Ab urbe condita 1007 Assyrian calendar 5004 Balinese saka calendar 175–176 Bengali calendar −340 – −339 Berber calendar 1204 Buddhist calendar 798 Burmese calendar −384 Byzantine calendar 5762–5763 Chinese calendar 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2951 or 2744 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2952 or 2745 Coptic calendar −30 – −29 Discordian calendar 1420 Ethiopian calendar 246–247 Hebrew calendar 4014–4015 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 310–311 - Shaka Samvat 175–176 - Kali Yuga 3354–3355 Holocene calendar 10254 Iranian calendar 368 BP – 367 BP Islamic calendar 379 BH – 378 BH Javanese calendar 133–134 Julian calendar 254 CCLIV Korean calendar 2587 Minguo calendar 1658 before ROC 民前1658年 Nanakshahi calendar −1214 Seleucid era 565/566 AG Thai solar calendar 796–797 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Water-Bird) 380 or −1 or −773 — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Wood-Dog) 381 or 0 or −772

Year **254** (**[CCLIV](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Sunday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Sunday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of [Valerianus](/source/Valerian_(emperor)) and [Gallienus](/source/Gallienus)** (or, less frequently, **year 1007 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 254 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 [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) is threatened by several peoples on their borders: the Germanic confederations, such as the [Franks](/source/Franks) on the Middle [Rhine](/source/Rhine), the [Alemanni](/source/Alemanni) on the upper Rhine and Danube, and the [Marcomanni](/source/Marcomanni) facing the provinces at [Noricum](/source/Noricum) and [Raetia](/source/Raetia). On land the confederation of [Goths](/source/Goths) threaten the lower Danube provinces, and on the sea they threaten the shores of Thracia, Bithynia et Pontus, and Cappadocia. In the eastern provinces, the [Sassanid Persians](/source/Sassanid_Empire) had the previous year defeated a Roman field army at Barballisos, and afterwards plundered the defenseless provinces. This period of time is called today the [Crisis of the Third Century](/source/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century).

### By topic

#### Religion

- [May 12](/source/May_12) – [Pope Stephen I](/source/Pope_Stephen_I) succeeds [Pope Lucius I](/source/Pope_Lucius_I).[1]

## Deaths

- [March 5](/source/March_5) – [Lucius I](/source/Pope_Lucius_I), bishop of [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome)[2]

- [Li Feng](/source/Li_Feng_(Cao_Wei)) (or Anguo), Chinese official and politician

- [Tiberius Julius Pharsanzes](/source/Tiberius_Julius_Pharsanzes), Roman client king

- [Xiahou Xuan](/source/Xiahou_Xuan) (or Taichu), Chinese general and politician (b. [209](/source/209))

- [Zhang Ni](/source/Zhang_Ni) (or Boqi), Chinese general, official and politician

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** W.H.C. Friend, *A New Eusebius: Documents illustrating the history of the Church to AD 337* (London: SPCK, 1987), p. 224 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-281-04268-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-281-04268-3)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Guiley, Rosemary (2001). [*The Encyclopedia of Saints*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ABkgU0GOBbcC&pg=PA212). Infobase Publishing. p. 212. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4381-3026-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4381-3026-2).

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