What is 240?
{{Year nav|240}} {{Year in other calendars}} [[File:Hatra ruins.jpg|thumb|[[Hatra]] ruins]] __NOTOC__ Year '''240''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXL]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * The [[Roman Empire]] is threatened on several fronts at the same time. [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]] revolts and tribes in northwest [[Germania]], under the name of the [[Franks]], are raiding the [[Rhine]] frontier. ==== Asia ==== * [[Maharaja Sri-Gupta]] becomes [[Gupta Empire|Emperor of Gupta]]. * [[Ardashir I]], [[Sassanid]] king of [[Persia]], destroys [[Hatra]]. * [[Shapur I]] becomes co-emperor with his father [[Ardashir I]] * The [[Kushan Empire]] falls. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * At the court of Ardashir I, [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]], a young mystic of [[Ctesiphon]], calls himself a [[prophet]] and preaches his doctrine, [[Manichaeism]], throughout the [[Sassanid Empire|Persian Empire]]. == Births == * [[Lactantius]], Christian writer (d. [[320]]) (approximate date) * [[Sporus of Nicaea]], Greek mathematician and astronomer (approximate date) * [[Zenobia]], queen of the [[Palmyrene Empire]] (d. [[274]]) == Deaths == * [[Ammonius Saccas]], [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonic]] [[philosopher]] (approximate date) * [[Huang Quan (Three Kingdoms)|Huang Quan]], general of the [[Shu Han|Kingdom of Shu]] * [[King Midang]], king of the [[Qiang people|Qiang]] tribe * [[Zhou Fang (Three Kingdoms)|Zhou Fang]], general of the [[Eastern Wu|Kingdom of Wu]] {{DEFAULTSORT:240}} [[Category:240s]]