Years: 231 232 233 234 - 235 - 236 237 238 239

Decades: 200s 210s 220s - 230s - 240s 250s 260s

Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century

Events

• Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. Having a Gothic father and an Alan mother, he is the first foreigner to hold the Roman throne. His accession led to the Crisis of the Third Century.
• A number of church leaders, among which Pope Pontian and Hippolytus, are exiled to Sardinia.
• November 21 - Pope Anterus succeeds Pope Pontian.
• Origen makes revisions to the Septuagint.

Births

Deaths

• Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor
• Hippolytus, Christian writer
• September 28 - Pope Pontian