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Emperor Maximinus Thrax

Year 235 (CCXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 235th Year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 235th year of the 1st millennium, the 35th year of the 3rd century, and the 6th year of the 230s decade. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Quintianus (or, less frequently, year 988 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 235 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[]

• March 19 – Emperor Severus Alexander and his mother Iulia Mamaea are murdered by their own soldiers near Moguntiacum (modern-day Mainz); Legio XXII Primigenia mutinies. The Severan dynasty ends; this marks the epoch event of the Crisis of the Third Century.
• March 20 – Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed Augustus. He is not a senator, but the second emperor of the equestrian order since Macrinus 17 years earlier. Maximinus has been a common soldier in the army, serving in the Auxilia and the Imperial Horseguards to become governor of several provinces.
• Widely considered to be the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century: The Roman Empire is under pressure by the Alamanni, Franks, Goths, Quadi and Sassanids (Persia).

By topic[]

Religion[]

• September 28 – Pope Pontian resigns, the first to abdicate, because he and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia. Emperor Maximinus persecutes the Christians.
• November 21 – Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope of Rome.
• Origen makes revisions to the Septuagint.

Births[]

• Sun Xiu, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (d. 264)

Deaths[]

• March 14 – Guo Nüwang, Chinese empress (b. 184)
• March 19 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)
• November 1 – Cao Gun, Chinese imperial prince
• Chen Zhen (or Xiaoqi), Chinese official and politician
• Gaius Petronius Magnus, Roman consul and usurper
• Hippolytus, Christian theologian and writer (b. 170)
• Julia Avita Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander (b. 180)
• Tiberius Julius Cotys III (or Kotys), Roman client king
• Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis IV, Roman client king
• Titius Quartinus, Roman governor and usurper
• Xin Pi (or Zuozhi), Chinese official and politician
• Yang Yi (or Weigong), Chinese official and adviser

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