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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century
Decades: 190s  200s  210s  - 220s -  230s  240s  250s
Years: 219 220 221 - 222 - 223 224 225
222 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
222 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 222
CCXXII
Ab urbe condita 975
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -1622 – -1621
Berber calendar 1172
Buddhist calendar 766
Burmese calendar -416
Byzantine calendar 5730 – 5731
Chinese calendar 辛丑年十二月初一日
(2858/2918-12-1) 壬寅年十一月十一日
(2859/2919-11-11)
Coptic calendar -62 – -61
Ethiopian calendar 214 – 215
Hebrew calendar 3982 – 3983
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 277 – 278
 - Shaka Samvat 144 – 145
 - Kali Yuga 3323 – 3324
Holocene calendar 10222
Iranian calendar 400 BP – 399 BP
Islamic calendar 412 BH – 411 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar 2555
Thai solar calendar 765

Events

By Place

Roman Empire

• March 11 — Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soemias, by legionnaires during an inspection. Their bodies are thrown in the Tiber by the Praetorian guard.
• Alexander Severus succeeds Elagabalus. As he is only 13 years old, his aunt, Julia Avita Mamaea, governs the empire with the help of Domitius Ulpianus and a council composed of senators.

Asia

• The Kingdom of Wu is established in China.
• The forces of Sun Quan defeat Liu Bei at the Battle of Yiling.

By Topic

Religion

• Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I as pope.

Births

• date unknown - Du Yu, general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 285)

Deaths

• March 11 (murdered)
  • Roman Emperor Elagabalus
  • Julia Soaemias, the emperor's mother
• ?March (murdered)
  • Valerius Comazon Eutychianus, Roman general
  • Hierocles, favourite of Elagabalus
• date unknown
  • Bardaisan, Syriac philosopher (b. 154)
  • Feng Xi, general of the Kingdom of Shu
  • Fu Tong, general of the Kingdom of Shu
  • Liu Ba, Chinese politician (b. 186)
  • Ma Chao, officer of Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms Era (also one of the Five Tiger Generals) (b. 176)
  • Ma Liang, officer of Liu Bei (b. 186)
  • Sha Moke, barbarian general of the Kingdom of Shu
  • Taurinus, Roman rebel (drowned)
  • Wang Fu, general of the Kingdom of Shu
  • Xu Jing, minister of the Kingdom of Shu
  • Zhang Liao, veteran general of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 169)
• probable
  • Narcissus of Jerusalem, bishop
  • Pope Callixtus I