248

This article is about the year 248. For the number, see 248 (number).

Year 248 (CCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 1001 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 248 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	220s 230s 240s 250s 260s
Years:	245 246 247 248 249 250 251

248 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	248 CCXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1001
Assyrian calendar	4998
Balinese saka calendar	169–170
Bengali calendar	−345
Berber calendar	1198
Buddhist calendar	792
Burmese calendar	−390
Byzantine calendar	5756–5757
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2945 or 2738     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2946 or 2739
Coptic calendar	−36 – −35
Discordian calendar	1414
Ethiopian calendar	240–241
Hebrew calendar	4008–4009
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	304–305
- Shaka Samvat	169–170
- Kali Yuga	3348–3349
Holocene calendar	10248
Iranian calendar	374 BP – 373 BP
Islamic calendar	386 BH – 384 BH
Javanese calendar	126–127
Julian calendar	248 CCXLVIII
Korean calendar	2581
Minguo calendar	1664 before ROC 民前1664年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1220
Seleucid era	559/560 AG
Thai solar calendar	790–791
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 374 or −7 or −779     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 375 or −6 or −778

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• The revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia and Iotapianus in Syria are put down by Senator Trajan Decius, by order of Emperor Philip the Arab.
• The Roman Empire continues the celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Rome, with the ludi saeculares, organized by Philip the Arab.

Asia

• Jungcheon becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo (until 270).

By topic

Religion

• Cyprian, Christian writer of Berber descent, becomes bishop of Carthage.
• Origen writes an eight-volume work, criticizing the pagan writer Celsus.

Births

• Flavia Iulia Helena, Greco-Roman Augusta (empress), mother of Constantine I (approximate date) (d. 330)
• Li Liu (Cheng Han or Xuantong), Chinese Grand general (d. 303)
• Sima You (or Dayou), Chinese prince and politician (d. 283)

Deaths

• Dongcheon, Korean ruler of Goguryeo (b. 209)
• Himiko (or Shingi Waō), Japanese queen regnant (b. 170)
• Lady Triệu (Triệu Ẩu or Triệu Thị Trinh), Vietnamese female warrior (b. 226)
• Wang Ping, Chinese general and politician