242

Year 242 (CCXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gratus and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 995 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 242 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.

This article is about the year 242. For the number, see 242 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	220s 230s 240s 250s 260s
Years:	239 240 241 242 243 244 245

242 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	242 CCXLII
Ab urbe condita	995
Assyrian calendar	4992
Balinese saka calendar	163–164
Bengali calendar	−351
Berber calendar	1192
Buddhist calendar	786
Burmese calendar	−396
Byzantine calendar	5750–5751
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2938 or 2878     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2939 or 2879
Coptic calendar	−42 – −41
Discordian calendar	1408
Ethiopian calendar	234–235
Hebrew calendar	4002–4003
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	298–299
- Shaka Samvat	163–164
- Kali Yuga	3342–3343
Holocene calendar	10242
Iranian calendar	380 BP – 379 BP
Islamic calendar	392 BH – 391 BH
Javanese calendar	120–121
Julian calendar	242 CCXLII
Korean calendar	2575
Minguo calendar	1670 before ROC 民前1670年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1226
Seleucid era	553/554 AG
Thai solar calendar	784–785
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 368 or −13 or −785     — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 369 or −12 or −784

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Gordian III begins a campaign against King Shapur I; Greek philosopher Plotinus joins him, hoping to obtain first-hand knowledge of Persian and Indian philosophies.
• Gordian III evacuates the Cimmerian cities in the Bosphorus (Crimea), as the territory is now controlled by the Goths.

Persia

• Shapur I makes a pre-emptive attack on Antioch to drive out the Romans. Gordian's father-in-law, Timesitheus, leads a Roman army to defeat the Persians at Carrhae and Nisibis.

By topic

Religion

• Patriarch Titus succeeds Patriarch Eugenius I as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

• Saloninus, Roman Emperor (d. 260)

Deaths

• Ardashir I, ruler of the Sassanid Empire (b. 180)

References