253

253 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	253; CCLIII
Ab urbe condita	1006
Assyrian calendar	5003
Balinese saka calendar	174–175
Bengali calendar	−340
Berber calendar	1203
Buddhist calendar	797
Burmese calendar	−385
Byzantine calendar	5761–5762
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey); 2949 or 2889; — to —; 癸酉年 (Water Rooster); 2950 or 2890
Coptic calendar	−31 – −30
Discordian calendar	1419
Ethiopian calendar	245–246
Hebrew calendar	4013–4014
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	309–310
- Shaka Samvat	174–175
- Kali Yuga	3353–3354
Holocene calendar	10253
Iranian calendar	369 BP – 368 BP
Islamic calendar	380 BH – 379 BH
Javanese calendar	132–133
Julian calendar	253; CCLIII
Korean calendar	2586
Minguo calendar	1659 before ROC; 民前1659年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1215
Seleucid era	564/565 AG
Thai solar calendar	795–796
Tibetan calendar	阳水猴年; (male Water-Monkey); 379 or −2 or −774; — to —; 阴水鸡年; (female Water-Rooster); 380 or −1 or −773

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	220s 230s 240s – 250s – 260s 270s 280s
Years:	250 251 252 – 253 – 254 255 256

Year 253 (CCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

Period of the Thirty Tyrants in the Roman empire.
Aemilianus is called "enemy of the State" by the Roman Senate.
Aemilianus rules for 3 months the Roman Empire. He promises to fight in Thrace and goes to war against Persia. The Senate gives him the rank of Pontifex Maximus.
Aemilianus is murdered at Spoletium. Publius Valerianus made new emperor by the Rhine legions.
Valerianus I splits the Roman Empire in two.
Battle of Barbalissos: King Shapur I, defeats the Roman army (70,000 men) under Valerianus I at Barbalissos in Syria.