222

222 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	222; CCXXII
Ab urbe condita	975
Assyrian calendar	4972
Balinese saka calendar	143–144
Bengali calendar	−371
Berber calendar	1172
Buddhist calendar	766
Burmese calendar	−416
Byzantine calendar	5730–5731
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox); 2919 or 2712; — to —; 壬寅年 (Water Tiger); 2920 or 2713
Coptic calendar	−62 – −61
Discordian calendar	1388
Ethiopian calendar	214–215
Hebrew calendar	3982–3983
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	278–279
- Shaka Samvat	143–144
- Kali Yuga	3322–3323
Holocene calendar	10222
Iranian calendar	400 BP – 399 BP
Islamic calendar	412 BH – 411 BH
Javanese calendar	100–101
Julian calendar	222; CCXXII
Korean calendar	2555
Minguo calendar	1690 before ROC; 民前1690年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1246
Seleucid era	533/534 AG
Thai solar calendar	764–765
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年; (female Iron-Ox); 348 or −33 or −805; — to —; 阳水虎年; (male Water-Tiger); 349 or −32 or −804

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.

Events

By place

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 forces of Sun Quan.

By topic

Commerce

The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.^{[citation needed]}

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 – Roman Emperor Elagabalus (murdered) (b. 203)
October 14 – 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