阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 384 or 3 or −769 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 385 or 4 or −768
Year258 (CCLVIII) was acommon year starting on Friday of theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Tuscus and Bassus (or, less frequently,year 1011Ab urbe condita). The denomination 258 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
A second Imperialedict prohibitsChristianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into four categories:priests, who are to be put to death; senators andequestrians, who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated;nuns, who are to be exiled; and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.[citation needed]
