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247
__NOTOC__ Year 247 ( CCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 1000 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 247 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. Events By place Roman Empire * Rome becomes 1,000 years old. The 1,000th anniversary is commemorated with the '' Ludi Saeculares'' festivals, celebrated throughout the Roman Empire. * Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus and his 10-year-old son Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * The Goths appear on the lower Danube frontier; they invade Ukraine and Romania. * Emperor Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome by holding the ''Ludi Saeculares''. * The last of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea. Asia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himiko (queen)
, also known as the , was a shamaness-queen of Yamatai, Yamatai-koku in . Early Twenty-Four Histories, Chinese dynastic histories chronicle tribute, tributary relations between Queen Himiko and the Cao Wei Kingdom (220–265) and record that the Yayoi period people chose her as ruler following Civil War of Wa, decades of warfare among the kings of Wa. Early Japanese histories do not mention Himiko, but historians associate her with legendary figures such as Empress Consort Empress Jingū, Jingū, who is said to have served as regent from 201 to 269. Scholarly debates over the identity of Himiko and the location of her domain, Yamatai, have raged since the late Edo period, with opinions divided between northern Kyūshū or traditional Yamato Province in present-day Kansai region, Kinki. The "Yamatai controversy", writes Keiji Imamura, is "the greatest debate over the ancient history of Japan." A prevailing view among scholars is that she may be buried at Hashihaka Kofun in Nara Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
