Friday, October 27, 2006

More interesting and less known facts...

About 272!

Two hundred [and] seventy-two 272 = 2^4·17, sum of four consecutive primes (61 + 67 + 71 + 73), Euler number, primitive semiperfect number, pronic number.

In the year of 272...
By Topic
Roman Empire
- Emperor Aurelian reconquers the kingdom of Palmyra, composed of Syria, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor, forcing queen Zenobia to flee to Parthia.
- During the Siege of Tyana, Aurelian has a dream of Apollonius of Tyana and spares the city.
- Palmyra is destroyed after a revolt, and Egypt is forced to subject to Roman rule.
- Rome forms an alliance with the king of Aksum (Axum).

Asia
- Sassanid Shah Hormizd I succeeds Shapur I.

Religion
- Dometius succeeds Titus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris, and two of his disciples are beheaded near a hill outside of the city. The hill will later be called Montmartre, the Mountain of the Martyrs, in their honor.
- Paul of Samosata is deposed as Patriarch of Antioch.

Births
- February 27 - Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire (306)
- Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Deaths
Saint Denis
Shapur I.

Learn something everyday.

By the way, I have woken to a sore throat the last two mornings. That is not cool! A lot of drainage from the nose I believe. I am trying to remedy the situation but a big bummer if I were to come down with something.

2 comments:

Steve, Dana and Maria said...

Stop tormenting yourself! Heather made it through her "ironman" and you will too!

Lisa said...

What a coincidence...272 the birth of Ashley the Great.