What is 270?
{{Year nav|270}} [[File:Santa Giulia 4.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Aurelian|Aurelianus]]]] __NOTOC__ Year '''270''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCLXX]]''') was a common year starting on Saturday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Claudius Gothicus|Claudius II Gothicus]] dies. He is succeeded by his brother [[Quintillus]]. * Quintillus commits [[suicide]]. He is succeeded by [[Aurelian|Lucius Domitius Aurelianus]]. * Aurelianus pushes the [[Goths]] back across the [[Danube]] and recovers Roman land. * The Romans leave [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] because the [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]] keep fighting. * [[Crisis of the Third Century]]: An [[financial crisis|economic crisis]] starts in the Roman empire. === By topic === ==== Technology ==== * The [[China|Chinese]] invent [[gunpowder]]. At first, it appears to be used only for [[fireworks]]. == Births == * [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Maximinus II (Daia)|Maximinus II]], [[Roman Emperor]] * [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[Santa Claus]]) (d. [[343]]) * [[Rabbah bar Nahmani]], Babylonian '[[amora]] * [[Saint Spyridon]], bishop of [[Tremetousia|Trimythous]] (d. [[348]]) == Deaths == * [[St. Valentine]] (executed by Claudius II) (Possible year) * [[Claudius II]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[213]]) * [[Quintillus]], Roman emperor * [[Plotinus]], father of [[Neo-Platonism]] (b. c. [[205]]) (approximate date) * [[Jingu of Japan]], possibly legendary empress of [[Japan]] * [[Luo Xian]], general of the [[Kingdom of Shu]] * [[Qiao Zhou]], minister of the Kingdom of Shu (b. [[201]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:270}} [[Category:270]]