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