What is 242?
{{Year nav|242}} {{Year in other calendars}} __NOTOC__ Year '''242''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXLII]]''') was a common year starting on Saturday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Gordian III]] begins fighting against King [[Shapur I]]. The Greek [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[Plotinus]] joins him and hopes to get first-hand knowledge of [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] and [[India]]n philosophies. * Gordian III leaves the [[Cimmerians|Cimmerian]] cities in the [[Bosporan Kingdom|Bosphorus]] ([[Crimea]]), as the land is now controlled by the [[Goths]]. ==== Persia ==== * Shapur I makes an attack on [[Antioch]] to drive out the [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * Patriarch Titus succeeds Patriarch Eugenius I as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]]. == Births == * [[Cao Mao]], fourth emperor of the [[Cao Wei|Kingdom of Wei]] (d. [[260]]) * [[Saloninus]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[260]]) * [[Sun Hao]], last emperor of the [[Eastern Wu|Kingdom of Wu]] (d. [[284]]) == Deaths == * [[Man Chong]], adviser to the [[Kingdom of Wei]] * [[Sun Shao]], general of the [[Wu Kingdom]] (b. [[188]]) {{DEFAULTSORT:242}} [[Category:240s]]