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Year 222 (CCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, 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.

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Roman Empire

  • March 11 – 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.

    • Asia

  • Three Kingdoms: Eastern Wu is established in China. Emperor Liu Bei invades with an army (100,000 men) the border of Eastern Wu in the Battle of Yiling, to retake the Jing province. However, because of a tactical mistake, Liu Bei's military camps are destroyed by the forces of Sun Quan.

    • 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

  • Du Yu, general of the Jin dynasty (d. 285)

    • Deaths

  • March 11 – Elagabalus, Roman Emperor (murdered) (b. 203)
  • Pope Callixtus I
  • Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)
  • Publius Valerius Comazon, Roman general
  • Hierocles, favourite of Elagabalus
  • Bardaisan, Syriac philosopher (b. 154)
  • Feng Xi, general of Shu Han
  • Fu Rong, general of Shu Han
  • Liu Ba, Chinese politician (b. 186)
  • Ma Chao, general of Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms (one of the Five Tiger Generals) (b. 176)
  • Ma Liang, general of Liu Bei (b. 186)
  • Shamoke, barbarian general of Shu Han
  • Taurinus, Roman rebel (drowned)
  • Wang Fu, official of Shu Han
  • Xu Jing, minister of Shu Han
  • Zhang Liao, general of Cao Wei (b. 169)

    • References

    222 Wikipedia
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