The world in 253 AD — what happened that year

10 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

The Wu general Zhuge Ke besieged the new city of Hefei; Sima Fu held it off, and he withdrew in the seventh month. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 魏書三少帝紀 (卷04) 嘉平5년)
At a banquet in Hanshou, Guo Xiu stabbed and killed Fei Yi, the Shu Grand General. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 魏書三少帝紀 (卷04) 嘉平5년)
Grand General Fei Yi was killed at Hanshou by Guo Xun, a Wei defector. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 蜀書後主傳 (卷33) 延熙16년)
Jiang Wei besieged Nan'an but did not win and returned. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 蜀書後主傳 (卷33) 延熙16년)
Zhuge Ke attacked Wei and besieged the new city; but a plague killed most of the soldiers, and he withdrew in the eighth month. (Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) 吳書三嗣主傳 (卷48) 연도비정)
Jiang Wei led tens of thousands out through Shiying and besieged Didao. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷076 253년 단락10 제4문)
Wu attacked for about a month; of the three thousand soldiers in the city more than half died of illness or in battle. Zhuge Ke built earthen mounds and attacked urgently, and the city was almost taken. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 卷076 253년 단락13 제2문)

Gallus and Volusianus, marching against Aemilius, are killed by their own army at Interamna. (Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus Aur. Vict. Caes. 31.2)
Gallus and his son are killed at Interamna on the way to attack Aemilianus, who had revolted in Moesia. The reign was famous only for plague. (Eutropius, Breviarium Eutr. 9.5)
Aemilianus, a legion commander in Pannonia, strikes the Scythians and is acclaimed emperor; as he marches on Italy, Gallus's soldiers kill Gallus and his son and go over to him. (Zosimus, New History Zos. 1 (1814 영역) p.17)