Decades: 200s 210s 220s 230s 240s - 250s - 260s 270s 280s 290s 300s
Years: 252 253 254 256 257 - 258 - 259 260 261 262 263
Events Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire Births Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate date) Deaths August 6 - Pope Sixtus II August 10 - Saint Lawrence September 14 - Cyprian, early Christian writer Novatian, antipope
