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Year 232 (CCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lupus and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 985 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 232 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

  • Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Alexander Severus launches a three-pronged counterattack against the Persian forces of king Ardashir I, who have invaded Mesopotamia. However, the Roman army advancing through Armenia is halted. Alexander gives the order to march to the capital at Ctesiphon, but the Romans are defeated and withdraw to Syria. The result is an acceptance of the status quo and after heavy losses on both sides, a truce is signed.

    • Religion

  • Relics of St. Thomas are brought to Edessa from India.
  • Origen founds a school of Christian theology in Palestine.
  • Pope Heraclas of Alexandria is the first Bishop of Alexandria to use the appellation of "Pope".

    • Births

  • August 19 – Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)
  • Cao Fang, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (d. 274)
  • Zhang Hua, official of the Jin Dynasty (d. 300)

    • Deaths

  • Cao Hong, general of Cao Wei
  • Cao Zhi, Chinese poet (b. 192)
  • Demetrius, Patriarch of Alexandria

    • References

    232 Wikipedia
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