reportedly for reasons of personal revenge. He is succeeded by Tetricus I, who is elevated with the help of Victorinus' mother Victoria. Near East Zenobia invades Asia Minor and seizes control of Cilicia and Galatia before being stalled in Bithynia. Shapur I of the Sasanian Empire dies, and his successor, his son Hormizd I, leads an army against nomads in Sogdiana, perhaps taking command of a war that had begun under his father. (Note: Some scholars date Shapur's death to 270 or 272) By topic Art and Science King Shapur I builds the Academy of Gundishapur (Iran), which becomes the intellectual center of the Sassanid Empire. A magnetic compass is first used in China. Births Sima Wei, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 291) Deaths Ding Feng, Chinese general and politician Domitian II, emperor of the Gallic Empire Felicissimus, Roman financial minister (rationalis) Hormizd I (or Ohrmazd), ruler of the Sassanid Empire Liu Shan, Chinese emperor of the Shu Han state (b. 207) Pei Xiu, Chinese official, writer, geographer and cartographer (b. 224) Sima Wang, Chinese general and prince of the Jin dynasty (b. 205) Victorinus, emperor of the Gallic Empire References