245

Year 245 (CCXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Titianus (or, less frequently, year 998 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 245 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.

Roman Empire

 * Emperor Philip the Arab entrusts Trajan Decius with an important command on the Danube.
 * In Britain, many thousands of acres of modern-day Lincolnshire are inundated by a great flood.
 * The philosopher Plotinus goes to live in Rome.

Asia

 * Lady Triệu, a Vietnamese warrior, begins her 3-year resistance against the invading Chinese.

Births

 * Iamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher (approximate date)
 * Diocletian, Roman emperor

Deaths

 * Ammonius Saccas, Alexandrian-Greek philosopher (approximate date)
 * Lu Xun (or Boyan), Chinese general and statesman (b. 183)
 * Wu (or Wu Xian), Chinese empress of the Shu Han state
 * Wu Can (or Kongxiu), Chinese official and politician
 * Zhao Yan (or Boran), Chinese official and general (b. 171)
 * Zhang Xiu (or Shusi), Chinese general and statesman (b. 205)