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243
__NOTOC__ Year 243 ( CCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Arrianus and Papus (or, less frequently, year 996 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 243 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. Events By place Roman Empire * Battle of Resaena: A Roman army under Timesitheus defeats the Sassanids at Resaena (modern Syria); King Shapur I is forced to flee to the Euphrates.''A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East'', ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 147. * Timesitheus becomes ill and dies under suspicious circumstances. Shapur I retreats to the Sassanid Empire, giving up all the territories he has conquered. * Emperor Gordian III appoints Philip the Arab as his new praetorian prefect (after the death of Timesitheus) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu Zong
Hu Zong (183–243), courtesy name Weize, was a Chinese military general, poet, politician of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period of China. Early life Hu Zong was from Gushi County, Runan Commandery (), which is in present-day Henan. He lost his father at a young age. When chaos broke out in central China towards the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Hu Zong and his mother fled south across the Yangtze to take shelter in the Jiangdong region. In 196, after the warlord Sun Ce appointed himself as the Administrator of Kuaiji Commandery, he recruited a 13-year-old Hu Zong as a household attendant and ordered him to remain in Wu Commandery (around present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu) and serve as a reading mate to his younger brother, Sun Quan.(孫策領會稽太守，綜年十四，為門下循行，留吳與孫權共讀書。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 62. Service under Sun Quan in the Eastern Han dynasty Following Sun Ce's death in the year 200, Sun Quan succeeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |