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Years: 260Events Valerian I captured by the Persian king Shapur I; Gallienus becomes sole Roman emperor. Shapur destroys Caesarea Mazaca in Asia Minor. Cao Huan succeeds Cao Mao as ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei. Syria, Egypt and Palestine break off from the R 261Events Births Deaths Mussius Aemilianus, Roman Emperor 261. 262Deaths Xi Kang, author 262. 263Events The Kingdom of Wei conquered the kingdom of Shu Han, one of the Chinese Three Kingdoms. Liu Hui writes a commentary on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, describing what would later be called Gaussian elimination, computing pi, etc. Births 264Events Sun Hao succeeds Sun Xiu as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu Births Deaths 264. 265Events Wei Yuandi abdicates, end of the kingdom of Wei in China. Jin Wudi becomes ruler of part of China. Beginning of the Jin Dynasty Births Deaths 265. 266Events Ireland Rule of High King Cormac mac Airt ends (approximate) Births Deaths 266. 267Events Goths launch one of the first major barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire. The Heruli sack Byzantium. Zenobia sets herself up as Queen of Palmyra. Births Deaths Odaenathus, strongman of Palmyra (assassinated) 267. 268 269