What is 243?
{{Year nav|243}} __NOTOC__ Year '''243''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXLIII]]''') was a common year starting on Sunday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * [[Battle of Resaena]]: A [[Roman army]] under [[Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus|Timesitheus]] defeats the [[Persian people|Persians]] at [[Resaena]] ([[Syria]]). King [[Shapur I]] must run away to the [[Euphrates]]. * Timesitheus becomes ill and dies under suspicious circumstances. Shapur I goes back to [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]]. * Emperor [[Gordian III]] picks [[Philip the Arab]] as his new [[praetorian prefect]]. == Births == * [[Sun Liang]], emperor of the Chinese [[Kingdom of Wu]] (d. [[260]]) == Deaths == * [[Gu Yong]], minister of [[Eastern Wu|Wu]] (b. [[168]]) * [[Kan Ze]], advisor of [[Eastern Wu|Wu]] * [[Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus|Timesitheus]], advisor and praetorian prefect (b. [[190]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:243}} [[Category:240s]]