During his Danube sojourn ( Drinkwater suggests in 255 or 256 ) he proclaimed his elder son Valerian II Caesar and thus official heir to himself and Valerian I ; the boy probably now joined Gallienus on campaign and when Gallienus moved west to the Rhine provinces in 257 remained behind on the Danube as the personification of Imperial authority.

In 257 Emperor Valerian resumed the persecution of Christians, and Stephen was sitting on his pontifical throne celebrating Mass for his congregation when the emperor's men came and beheaded him on 2 August 257.

According to tradition, San Marino was founded in 301 AD when a Christian stonemason named Marinus the Dalmatian, later venerated as Saint Marinus, emigrated in 257 AD from the Dalmatian island of Rab, then a Roman colony, when the emperor Diocletian issued a decree calling for the reconstruction of the city walls of Rimini which had been destroyed by Liburnian pirates.

The denomination 257 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.

In Africa Cyprian courageously prepared his people for the expected edict of persecution by his " De exhortatione martyrii ," and himself set an example when he was brought before the Roman proconsul Aspasius Paternus ( August 30, 257 ).

Patrese's record of 257 Grand Prix entries stood for 15 years, surviving the Schumacher era when Michael Schumacher retired on 250 race entries.

The denomination 257 BC 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.

In the setting of the late 1980s when the average wage had risen to 257 rubles per month, it was relatively much cheaper and therefore people have purchased much more meat.

Nipah virus was identified in April 1999, when it caused an outbreak of neurological and respiratory disease on pig farms in peninsular Malaysia, resulting in 257 human cases, including 105 human deaths and the culling of one million pigs.

In the first round on 5 October 1997 Momir Bulatović won receiving most votes, 147, 615 or 47. 45 %, but lost to opposing Milo the second round on 19 October 1997 when he won 169, 257 or only 49. 2 %.

The number of building " 257 " is a metonym for the entire site in 2004 when Michael Carroll, an attorney, published Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory.

He did silence his critics and the media in October 1996 when he scored 257 runs not out, of the team's total of 553 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura.

* Akram has also achieved the highest score by a number eight batsman in Test cricket when he scored 257 runs not out from 363 balls against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura.

* September 8-9 ( overnight ) – American aircraft participate in a Bomber Command night raid for the first time, when five U. S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses join 257 British bombers in an attack on a German long-range gun position at Boulogne, France.

In 257, when he sent Jia Chong to probe Zhuge Dan's intentions, Zhuge rebuked Jia Chong severely — leading Sima Zhao to summon Zhuge Dan back to the capital under guise of a promotion.

In early 2011, the number of inhabitants was 2. 257 and had increased by 41 percent from the year 2001, when 1. 600 were registered there.

The lowest league record was Southampton versus Sheffield United, when just 13, 257 attended.

Located some 25 km south of Cork City on the coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon and has a population of 2, 257 which increases substantially during the summer months when the tourist season is at its peak and when the boating fraternity arrive in large numbers.

A study by Robert Wilson, a professor at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and his colleagues, showed for the first time that children under the age of 18 when they were moderately neglected in some manner by their caregivers had a 3 times likely risk of stroke over those with moderately low levels, after controlling for some common risk factors ( they interviewed 1, 040 participants ages 55 or older ; after 3 1 / 2 years, 257 of them died and 192 were autopsied, with 89 having stroke evidence upon autopsy and another 40 had a history of it ).

The in-line six cylinder, engine had overhead inlet and side exhaust valves and had a capacity of 4, 257 cc until 1951 when it was enlarged to 4, 566 cc.

Wa was also mentioned in 257 in the Wei zhi, a section of the San Guo Zhi compiled by the 3rd century scholar Chen Shou.

However, the earliest legitimate depiction of it in art is on a Dunhuang cave mural ( cave 257 ) from the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty, the painting dated to 477 – 499 AD.

The population density in Ajmer district was 305 compared to 257 per km < sup > 2 </ sup > in 2001.

In 255 and 257 he was made Consul again ; this perhaps indicates that he briefly visited Rome on those occasions, although no record has been left of it.

The Berkeley team reported that the isotope < sup > 257 </ sup > Lr was detected in this manner, and that it decayed by emitting an 8. 6 MeV alpha particle with a half-life of about eight seconds.

The controversy surrounded the mosque was directly linked to rioting in Bombay ( present-day Mumbai ) as well as bombings in 1993 that killed 257 people.

In the census of December 1939, the total population of the South Pacific Mandate was 129, 104, of which 77, 257 were Japanese ( including ethnic Taiwanese and Koreans ).

Changed bodywork, larger front brakes and a new, more powerful 5. 4 L, 350 PS ( 257 kW / 345 hp ) engine were the big advertised changes ; what Porsche wasn't advertising was the price.

Pope Sixtus II or Pope Saint Sixtus II ( a corruption of Greek, Xystus, " polished ") was pope from 30 August 257 to 6 August 258.

The American synthesis was independently confirmed in 1973 and secured the identification of rutherfordium as the parent by the observation of K-alpha X-rays in the elemental signature of the < sup > 257 </ sup > Rf decay product, nobelium-253.

The measurement of a spontaneous fission activity was assigned to < sup > 256 </ sup > Rf ,< ref > while later studies done at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Institute ( GSI ), also measured decay properties for the isotopes < sup > 257 </ sup > Rf, and < sup > 255 </ sup > Rf .< ref >< ref name = 97He01 >

Packers veteran quarterback Bart Starr was the top-rated quarterback in the NFL for 1966, and won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, completing 156 out of 251 ( 62. 2 percent ) passes for 2, 257 yards, 14 touchdowns, and only 3 interceptions.

Running back Jim Kiick was also a key contributor, rushing for 257 yards, and catching 27 passes for 208 yards.

It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 215 – 257, in 1963.

It was located at 255 – 257 Pearl Street in Manhattan on a site measuring 50 by 100 feet, just south of Fulton Street.

Year 257 ( CCLVII ) was a common year starting on Thursday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

The 15-deck ( 257 rooms ), 700, 000 metric-tonne Voyager was built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and launched from Earth Station McKinley.

Fishing is a traditional occupation that has not expanded to any great extent ; the catch in 2000 was 257 tons ( down from 620 tons in 1990 ).

one British pound sterling was equal to 257. 7172 kwacha, one US dollar was equal to 152. 2933 kwacha and one South African rand was equal to 23. 7740 kwacha.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atratinus and Augurinus ( or, less frequently, year 257 Ab urbe condita ).

Year 257 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.