Years: 240 241 242 243 - 244 - 245 246 247 248

Decades: 210s 220s 230s - 240s - 250s 260s 270s

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

Events

• Roman Emperor Gordian III dies under unclear circumstances while in war against Shapur I of Persia. Persian records report him killed in battle. Official Roman records report him dying of a disease. Unofficial Roman sources suspect his Praetorian Prefect Philip the Arab of murdering him.
• Philip the Arab becomes Roman emperor

Births

• Alexander of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (possible date)

Deaths

• Gordian III, Roman emperor