243
Year 243 (CCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 210s 220s 230s – 240s – 250s 260s 270s |
| Years: | 240 241 242 – 243 – 244 245 246 |
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Battle of Resaena: A Roman army under Timesitheus defeats the 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 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 Wu (b. 168)
- Kan Ze, advisor of Wu
- Timesitheus, advisor and praetorian prefect (b. 190)