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Contents
Events
By Place
Roman Empire
By Topic
Religion
Births
Deaths

Events


By Place

Roman Empire


April 8Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the first equestrian Roman Emperor.

★ Rome retains Mesopotamia under a treaty with Parthia.

★ Death of Empress Julia, wife of Septimus Severus and mother of Caracalla and Geta.

★ Fire in the Amphitheater in Rome.
By Topic

Religion


December 20 — The papacy of Pope Zephyrinus ends.

Pope Callixtus I succeeds Pope Zephyrinus as the sixteenth pope.

Hippolytus questions the election of the Pope Calixtus and begins his "pontificate" as antipope.

Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Births



Fu Xuan, Chinese poet

Hua He

Jia Chong

Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji

Deaths



April 8Caracalla, Roman Emperor (assassinated)

December 20Pope Zephyrinus

Chen Lin, minister of Han Dynasty

Lu Su, advisor to Sun Quan, sympathetic to Liu Bei

Wang Can, Chinese poet, scholar, and statesman of Cao Wei

Sima Lang, official of Han Dynasty

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