222
Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century
Decades: 170s 180s 190s 200s 210s - 220s - 230s 240s 250s 260s 270s
Years: 217 218 219 220 221 - 222 - 223 224 225 226 227
Events
- Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I
- Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus
- Kingdom of Wu was established in China.
Births
Deaths
- March 11, Roman Emperor Heliogabalus murdered
- Tertullian, theologian
- Pope Callixtus I
- Claudius Aellianus, teacher and retoricist
For the number 222, see Two hundred and twenty-two.