阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 372 or −9 or −781 — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 373 or −8 or −780
Year246 (CCXLVI) was acommon year starting on Thursday of theJulian calendar, the246th Year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 246th year of the1st millennium, the 46th year of the 3rd century, and the 7th year of the 240s decade. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Praesens and Albinus (or, less frequently,year 999Ab urbe condita). The denomination 246 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
^Alan K. Bowman; Peter Garnsey; Averil Cameron, eds. (2008).The Cambridge ancient history. Vol. 12, The crisis of empire, A.D. 193-337 (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 37.ISBN978-1-139-05392-1.OCLC457145065.
