233

This article is about the year 233. For the number, see 233 (number).

Year 233 (CCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Paternus (or, less frequently, year 986 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 233 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	210s 220s 230s 240s 250s
Years:	230 231 232 233 234 235 236

233 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	233 CCXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	986
Assyrian calendar	4983
Balinese saka calendar	154–155
Bengali calendar	−360
Berber calendar	1183
Buddhist calendar	777
Burmese calendar	−405
Byzantine calendar	5741–5742
Chinese calendar	壬子年 (Water Rat) 2930 or 2723     — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2931 or 2724
Coptic calendar	−51 – −50
Discordian calendar	1399
Ethiopian calendar	225–226
Hebrew calendar	3993–3994
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	289–290
- Shaka Samvat	154–155
- Kali Yuga	3333–3334
Holocene calendar	10233
Iranian calendar	389 BP – 388 BP
Islamic calendar	401 BH – 400 BH
Javanese calendar	111–112
Julian calendar	233 CCXXXIII
Korean calendar	2566
Minguo calendar	1679 before ROC 民前1679年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1235
Seleucid era	544/545 AG
Thai solar calendar	775–776
Tibetan calendar	阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 359 or −22 or −794     — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 360 or −21 or −793

Alemanni expansion (3rd century)

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Alexander Severus celebrates a triumph in Rome to observe his "victory" the previous year over the Persians (in reality, Severus Alexander advanced towards Ctesiphon in 233, but as corroborated by Herodian, his armies suffered a humiliating defeat against Ardashir I). He is soon summoned to the Rhine frontier, where the Alamanni invade what is now modern-day Swabia. German tribes destroy Roman forts, and plunder the countryside at the Limes Germanicus.

Births

• Chen Shou, Chinese historian and writer of the Records of the Three Kingdoms (d. 297)

Deaths

• June 13 – Cao Rui, Chinese imperial prince of the Cao Wei state
• Liu Ji, Chinese official and politician of the Eastern Wu state (b. 185)
• Yu Fan, Chinese official and politician of the Eastern Wu state (b. 164)