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Emperor [[Alexander Severus

NOTOC Year 222 (CCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antoninus and Severus (or, less frequently, '*year 975 *Ab urbe condita'''''). The denomination 222 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

  • March 13 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
  • Alexander Severus succeeds Elagabalus. He is only 13 years old; his mother, Julia Avita Mamaea, governs the Roman Empire with the help of Domitius Ulpianus and a council composed of 16 senators.

China

  • Battle of Xiaoting/Yiling: The Chinese state of Shu Han is defeated by Eastern Wu.

By topic

Commerce

  • The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.

Religion

  • October 14 – Pope Callixtus I is killed by a mob in Rome's Trastevere after a 5-year reign in which he has stabilized the Saturday fast three times per year, with no food, oil, or wine to be consumed on those days. Callixtus is succeeded by Cardinal Urban I.

Births

  • Marcus Aurelius Carus, Roman emperor (d. 283)
  • Du Yu (or Yuankai), Chinese general and politician (d. 285)

Deaths

  • Elagabalus, Roman emperor (b. 203)
  • Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)
  • Annia Faustina, Roman noblewoman and empress
  • Bardaisan, Syriac scholar and philosopher (b. 154)
  • Callixtus I, pope of the Catholic Church
  • Cheng Ji (or Jiran), Chinese general
  • Feng Xi (or Xiuyuan), Chinese general
  • Hierocles, favourite and lover of Elagabalus
  • Liu Ba (or Zichu), Chinese official and politician
  • Ma Chao, Chinese general and warlord (b. 176)
  • Ma Liang, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 187)
  • Xu Jing (or Wenxiu), Chinese official and politician
  • Zhang Liao (or Wenyuan), Chinese general (b. 169)

References

References

  1. Arrizabalaga y Prado, Leonardo de. (2010). "The Emperor Elagabulus: Fact or Fiction?". Cambridge University Press.
  2. Burgess, Richard W.. (2014). "Roman imperial chronology and early-fourth-century historiography". Steiner.
  3. (July 8, 2008). "Empires, Wars, and Battles: The Middle East from Antiquity to the Rise of the New World". Tom Doherty Associates.
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