Year 256 (CCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 1009 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 256 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:
Decades:
Years:
256 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar256
CCLVI
Ab urbe condita1009
Assyrian calendar5006
Balinese saka calendar177–178
Bengali calendar−337
Berber calendar1206
Buddhist calendar800
Burmese calendar−382
Byzantine calendar5764–5765
Chinese calendar乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
2953 or 2746
    — to —
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
2954 or 2747
Coptic calendar−28 – −27
Discordian calendar1422
Ethiopian calendar248–249
Hebrew calendar4016–4017
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat312–313
 - Shaka Samvat177–178
 - Kali Yuga3356–3357
Holocene calendar10256
Iranian calendar366 BP – 365 BP
Islamic calendar377 BH – 376 BH
Javanese calendar135–136
Julian calendar256
CCLVI
Korean calendar2589
Minguo calendar1656 before ROC
民前1656年
Nanakshahi calendar−1212
Seleucid era567/568 AG
Thai solar calendar798–799
Tibetan calendar阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
382 or 1 or −771
    — to —
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
383 or 2 or −770

Events

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Roman Empire

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Asia

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  • Peace and unity are finally restored in China, with the victories of the Wei Kingdom in the north. The ruling dynasty is worn out by war, and the kingdom is ruled by ministers on their behalf.

By topic

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Medicine

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  • The great pandemic of the Roman world strikes violently in Pontus on the Black Sea, and causes enormous loss of life in Alexandria, encouraging thousands to embrace Christianity.

Religion

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "P.Oxy. XLII 3035. Order to Arrest". figshare. September 20, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Zeugma". History Hit. Retrieved December 10, 2023.