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Year 237 (CCXXXVII) was a common 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 Perpetuus and Felix (or, less frequently, year 990 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 237 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

  • Emperor Maximinus Thrax campaigns on the rivers Danube and Rhine in Germania, defeating the Alemanni and never visits Rome. He is accepted by the Roman Senate, but taxes the rich aristocracy heavily and engenders such hostility among them that they plot against him.

    • Persia

  • King Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia.

    • Religion

  • Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople.
  • Saint Babylas becomes Patriarch of Antioch.

    • Births

  • Alexander of Constantinople, future Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Philippus II, Roman Emperor (d. 249)

    • Deaths

  • Empress Zhang, empress of Shu-Han and wife of Liu Shan
  • Empress Mao, empress of Cao Wei
  • Wu Yi, general of Shu Han
  • Xue Zong, official of Wu

    • References

    237 Wikipedia
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